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Securing Your Linux Server: Understanding and Mitigating Modern Threats

In this digital age, Linux servers face unprecedented challenges posed by cyber threats. These, in turn, introduce new vulnerabilities that system administrators must address. Traditionally considered a more secure environment compared to other opera...
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Essential Server Security Security Strategies for Administrators

In the current threat landscape, Linux servers have eme...
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Ensuring Linux Server Security: A Comprehensive Guide

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Linux kernel 2.6.36 released

Linux kernel 2.6.36 released

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Nearly twelve weeks after the release of Linux 2.6.35, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.36. The new version of the Linux kernel includes various performance enhancements and updates, the AppArmor security extension and support for the KDB-KMS-Debug-Shell. Other changes include a new Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer and kernel thread improvements.

5 Things Linux Does Better Than Mac OS X

5 Things Linux Does Better Than Mac OS X

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Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the merit of the operating system, plagued as it is by high prices, security problems and vendor lock-in.

Vulnerability management: The basics

Vulnerability management: The basics

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The more apps companies deploy, the more complicated vulnerability management becomes. In the rush to find every security hole and seal it off from potential hackers, it's easy to let something important slip through. That's especially true if you're an IT administrator juggling several tasks of which security is one.

Dangerous security flaw patched in Linux

Dangerous security flaw patched in Linux

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A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that gives attackers access to root via X server has been patched by Linus Torvalds. Meanwhile, kernel developer James Morris reports on the first-annual Linux Security Summit (LSS), which covered topics including usability, hardening the kernel, and API standardization.

Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows

Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows

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"Security through obscurity" may be a catchy phrase, but it's not the only thing that's catching among Windows users. The expression is intended to suggest that proprietary software is more secure by virtue of its closed nature. If hackers can't see the code, then it's harder for them to create exploits for it--or so the thinking goes.

Sagan

Sagan

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Softwink announces the release of Sagan, the ultimate in Syslog monitoring. Sagan can alert you when events are occurring in your syslogs that need your attention right away, in real time!

Will Mozillas $3,000 bug bounty make Firefox secure?

Will Mozilla's $3,000 bug bounty make Firefox secure?

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Mozilla is increasing the amount it pays security researchers for bugs from $500 up to $3,000. I personally think that's a very good thing. There has long been a debate about whether or not vendors should pay for security flaws. In my view, the flaws are going to be discovered whether or not a vendor is paying for them. The question is how they will be disclosed and whether or not those flaws will end up putting millions of users at risk - or not. By paying for flaws, what Mozilla is doing is providing an economic model for both security researchers and for itself. For security researchers, a $3,000 payment is not an unreasonable sum in my view and it's more than the $1,337 that Google pays. HP's TippingPoint also pays for security flaws as well though they seem to have a floating scale on payments as far as I can tell.

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