How to Make Windows Faster than Linux Tech Source: "I can go on and on explaining about its quickness but since I'm here to teach you how to make Windows faster than Linux, I will now share with you these tips:" (Jul 16, 2010)
Linux Today Features
Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux Slashdot: "SCO's ex-CEO's brother, a lawyer named Kevin McBride, has finally revealed some of the UNIX code that SCO claimed was copied into Linux." (Jul 12, 2010)
ATM hack gives cash on demand (Jul 29, 2010, 18:36 UTC) (611 reads)
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(feedback) PC World: "Windows CE-based machines can easily be made to dole out cash, a security researcher says"
"Can Open Source be secure" BCS riposte (Jul 29, 2010, 01:36 UTC) (1250 reads)
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(feedback) Advogato: "Experts do not agree about open source security in terms of whether there is an advantage or disadvantage to its use in the business world"
Cisco Details Enterprise Security Threats (Jul 28, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (911 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurity Planet: "Cisco said Adobe Reader/Acrobat, Sun Java, and Adobe Flash were the three most common malware targets over the first half of 2010."
Privacy Lawsuit Targets Net Giants Over ‘Zombie’ Cookies (Jul 28, 2010, 16:04 UTC) (1087 reads)
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(feedback) Wired: "A wide swath of the net’s top websites, including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd, were sued in federal court Friday on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobe’s Flash player to re-create cookies deleted by users."
'Secure OS': The Latest IT Oxymoron (Jul 28, 2010, 10:34 UTC) (2269 reads)
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(feedback) Serverwatch: "Talk to an Apple fanboy or girl, and chances are they'll tell you the company's Mac software is "better" than Microsoft's -- or anyone else's for that matter. So there will be a few of them slinking around holding their heads in shame right now thanks to some research published recently by security company Secunia."
Google fixes critical vulnerabilities in Chrome 5 (Jul 27, 2010, 20:33 UTC) (1282 reads)
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(feedback) The H Open: "Google has released version 5.0.375.125 of Chrome, a security update that addresses three "high" risk vulnerabilities in its WebKit-based browser."
37 states join probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection (Jul 23, 2010, 15:04 UTC) (1205 reads)
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(feedback) LA Times: "Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal, who has been leading the month-old investigation, sent a third letter to Google on Wednesday asking, among other things, whether it had tested the feature's software before putting it to use. Doing so, he said, should have uncovered any glitches responsible for the unwarranted collection of e-mails, passwords and other personal data..."
Rebooting Responsible Disclosure: a focus on protecting end users (Jul 22, 2010, 04:36 UTC) (1260 reads)
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(feedback) Google Online Security Blog: "Vulnerability disclosure policies have become a hot topic in recent years. Security researchers generally practice “responsible disclosure”, which involves privately notifying affected software vendors of vulnerabilities."
Can Windows kill the Internet? (Jul 19, 2010, 21:06 UTC) (3722 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "I've long thought that someday Windows security problems could end up fouling up the Internet for everyone. That day may be arriving.
That's not just me being paranoid about Windows. That's the ISC (Internet Storm Center), the group that tracks the overall health of the Internet..."
GnackTrack 10.04 beta2 is now out! (Jul 17, 2010, 23:05 UTC) (2252 reads)
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(feedback) GnackTrack: "GnackTrack is a Live (and installable) Linux distibution designed for Penetration Testing and is based on Ubuntu."
"Millions" Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack
(Jul 16, 2010, 15:36 UTC) (3731 reads)
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(feedback) Forbes: "Craig Heffner, a researcher with Maryland-based security consultancy Seismic, plans to release a software tool at the conference later this month that he says could be used on about half the existing models of home routers"
New Linux OS REMnux Designed For Reverse Engineering Malware (Jul 12, 2010, 12:36 UTC) (2589 reads)
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(feedback) Threat Post: "A security expert has released a stripped-down Ubuntu distribution designed specifically for reverse-engineering malware. The OS, called REMnux, includes a slew of popular malware-analysis, network monitoring and memory forensics tools the comprise a very powerful environment for taking apart malicious code."
Adding a Secure Delete Option to Nautilus File Manager in Linux (Jul 8, 2010, 12:07 UTC) (1729 reads)
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Techthrob: "The programs I mentioned in those tutorials were all command-line baed, but this tutorial will show you how to add a secure-delete option to the contextual menu in Ubuntu and Fedora Linux."
Want Your Privacy Back? Install and Run Tor in Ubuntu (Jul 8, 2010, 04:37 UTC) (3712 reads)
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(feedback) MakeTechEasier: "Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis."
Threat of 'cyberwar' has been hugely hyped (Jul 7, 2010, 23:34 UTC) (1996 reads)
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(feedback) CNN.com: "This isn't just rhetoric of a few over-eager government officials and headline writers; the entire national debate on cyberwar is plagued with exaggerations and hyperbole."
41% Of IT Pros Admit To Snooping (Jul 7, 2010, 19:04 UTC) (1513 reads)
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(feedback) Help Net Security: "The results of a Cyber-Ark global survey show that 35 percent of respondents believe their company’s highly-sensitive information has been handed over to competitors."
Google Updates Chrome for 10 Security Flaws (Jul 6, 2010, 22:33 UTC) (2132 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurityPlanet: "Google is updating the stable version of its Chrome Web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux, addressing a handful of security vulnerabilities -- including four that could put users at risk simply by viewing a maliciously constructed image file."
FTC: Scammers Stole Millions Using Micro Charges to Credit Cards (Jun 29, 2010, 12:32 UTC) (2477 reads)
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(feedback) Wired: "A gang of unknown thieves has stolen nearly $10 million using micro charges made to more than a million credit and debit cards in an elaborate multiyear scam, according to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission in March."
Not even FBI was able to decrypt
files of Daniel Dantas (Jun 28, 2010, 12:04 UTC) (4876 reads)
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(feedback) Globo: "Opportunity Group reported that the two programs used in the equipment are available online. One is called Truecrypt and is free. The programs were used due to suspected espionage."
Sexual assault by Internet (Jun 26, 2010, 04:07 UTC) (5313 reads)
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(feedback) Cyber Cynic: "Now, this is different. A computer cracker, Luis Mijangos of Santa Ana, CA has been arrested by the FBI for taking over more than 100 Windows PCs and used what he found on them to extort sexually explicit videos from women and teenage girls by threatening to release their personal data."
Smoke Screens and Linux
(Jun 24, 2010, 17:35 UTC) (2512 reads)
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(feedback) Mandriva Linux Chronicles: "In my net surfings, I have encountered that smoke screens about Linux security are becoming popular. The way in which certain threat alerts were made public amused me"
Disk Encryption on Sabayon 5.3 (Jun 24, 2010, 06:05 UTC) (1919 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxBSDos: "So how easy is it to configure full disk encryption on Sabayon 5.3? Very, very easy. Just follow the directions outlined below."
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 Delivers Stability and Security (Jun 23, 2010, 19:34 UTC) (2617 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurityPlanet: "Mozilla is updating its Firefox Web browser with new technology that is targeted at making the open source browser more stable. The Firefox 3.6.4 release also includes fixes for four critical security vulnerabilities."
ModSecurity Handbook Review (Jun 23, 2010, 14:34 UTC) (1766 reads)
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(feedback) Begin Linux: "What follows is a review of one of the best books that I have read in a long time. A book that will challenge your thinking and provide answers to security issues you may not have realized exist."
Researcher Builds Mock Botnet Of 'Twilight'-Loving Android Users (Jun 22, 2010, 20:06 UTC) (2077 reads)
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(feedback) Forbes: "A word of caution to any Android users who downloaded an app over the past weekend promising pictures of the next Twilight film: Next time, your obsession with vampires might just turn your phone into a zombie."
Running 64-bit Linux? No Flash For You! (Jun 20, 2010, 16:16 UTC) (6526 reads)
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(feedback) O'Reilly Broadcast: "On Tuesday Slashdot reported that Adobe has, at least temporarily, ended support for Flash Player on 64-bit Linux. No updated version is available. Adobe's message for 64-bit Linux users, at least for now, is "No Flash for you!""
Network Security: Three open-source options (Jun 18, 2010, 14:19 UTC) (3129 reads)
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(feedback) CSO Online: "Free and open-source software (FOSS) is everywhere. Its offerings span far and wide in the technology industry. The networking space is an excellent example of FOSS, with feature-packed firewalls, routers, VPNs and even UTMs, for nearly every need."
Five tips for improving Linux security
(Jun 16, 2010, 19:36 UTC) (4429 reads)
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(feedback) ZD Net Blog: "Linux is an operating system that begs to be online, so it wants to be secure. Sure it’s fairly secure out of the box, but NO operating system is 100% secure if it’s, well, turned on."
Linux... Infected (Jun 14, 2010, 14:18 UTC) (11258 reads)
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(feedback) fewt@blog: "Yesterday, it was announced that a popular software package for Linux distributions contains a backdoor giving full access to execute commands as a user on the host where this software package is installed."
AT&T Gaffe Exposes 114,000 iPad E-Mail Accounts (Jun 11, 2010, 03:06 UTC) (1961 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurity Planet: "AT&T has 'turned off the feature' that made it possible for an independent security watchdog group to easily penetrate the telco's data networks to access the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 Apple iPad 3G owners."
SECURITY: Medusa: Open Source Software 'Login Brute-Forcer' for Password Auditing (Jun 10, 2010, 19:42 UTC) (2773 reads)
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(feedback) ServerWatch: "You can use an on online attack as an opportunity to check that your security systems detect when a server is being bombarded with unsuccessful login attempts, and that individual accounts lock after a small number of unsuccessful login attempts."
CTERA Adds Data Protection to Linux File Systems (Jun 9, 2010, 12:02 UTC) (1906 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Storage Forum: "CTERA Networks is giving the Linux Ext3 file system additional data protection in the form of new snapshot capabilities. The file system is also the basis of the company's Cloud-Attached Storage appliances, the C200 and CloudPlug."
Update: Attackers exploit critical bug in Adobe's Flash, Reader (Jun 7, 2010, 18:04 UTC) (3156 reads)
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(feedback) Network World: "The zero-day vulnerability is reminiscent of one Adobe disclosed and patched in July 2009, and comes just days after the company's head of security admitted hackers have its software in their crosshairs."
