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CISSP: Bridging Linux Security and Organizational Compliance Needs
Linux security professionals spend most of their time on concrete problems. Hardening SSH. Configuring SELinux or AppArmor. Building secure CI/CD pipelines. Managing patches across server fleets. The work is technical, hands-on, and measurable.
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Red Hat Linux Hacked at Pwn2Own Berlin
Red Hat Enterprise Linux got hacked during the Pwn2Own ...
Key Trends & Takeaways from VulnCon 2025
VulnCon 2025, recently held in Raleigh, NC, created a d...
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Exploring the Dynamics of LulzSec and Anonymous Cyber Activism
It is perhaps a little hard to remember now, but in 2010, there seemed to be a new global superpower. A superpower that acted in unorthodox ways, which was unaccountable and yet of the people, and that was above all nameless, faceless and, as it styled itself, Anonymous.
Surveillance Interaction With Hackers at the Defcon Conference
It used to be that the playful Defcon contest of "Spot the Fed" gave hackers and the government agents tracking them a chance interact in a less serious manner.
Defcon 21 Car Hacking: Techniques To Take Control Of Vehicles
Car computer hacking hit the gas on the first morning of Defcon 21, as hackers revealed how they took over two of the most popular cars in America.
Understanding Computer Security Evolution At DefCon Conferences
This week we have the DefCon 20 and Black Hat computer security conferences in Las Vegas -- reasons enough for me to do 2-3 columns about computer security. These columns will be heading in a direction I don
Social Engineering Tips for Black Hat and Def Con Attendees
Some of the world's most skilled social engineers and hackers head to Las Vegas next week for Black Hat and Def Con. Heed these nine tips and avoid becoming a victim yourself while at the events
Defcon 2023 Calls For Federal Agencies To Sit Out Due To Privacy Concerns
Since its founding in 1992, Defcon has been a venue where anarchists, geeks, and employees of three-letter federal agencies became unlikely comrades under a live-and-let-live credo that placed the love of computer tinkering above almost everything else.
Kevin Mitnick Discusses Psychological Threats at Cybersecurity Event
Sophisticated hackers now use "social engineering" - exploiting the psychological vulnerabilities of human users - rather than technological weaknesses in security systems, famous former hacker Kevin Mitnick told a cyber security conference in Dubai.
UNSW's Unique Approach to Training Tomorrow's Ethical Hackers
The University of NSW is known for producing some of Australia's top lawyers, doctors and accountants. But the 64-year-old institution is now gaining a reputation for excelling in what is often viewed as anti-establishment
HackMiami 2013 Live Training: SQL Injection and Network Breaches
The HackMiami 2013 Hackers Conference, taking place on Miami Beach, will feature comprehensive training seminars that seek to facilitate the skills of SQL injection, smartphone attacks, and enterprise network breaches.
Penn College Students Shine at Security B-Sides Rochester Conference
In a field that included industry professionals, 10 students in Pennsylvania College of Technology
Expert Meeting for Offensive Security Hackers Taking Place in Miami
No nametags. No photographs. No video. Attendees remain utterly anonymous -- and that
Exploring The Impact of Security Certifications on IT Career Growth
When it comes to education, most people agree, more is better. No one embodies that principle at least in regard to IT certifications better than Jerry Irvine. CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions and member of the National Cyber Security Task Force, Irvine holds more than 20 IT certifications, of which at least six are specifically information security-oriented.
Pwn2Own: MWR Labs Earns $100,000 for Chrome Exploit on Windows
Researchers from MWR Labs find a way to exploit a Chrome vulnerability, sidestep Windows 7 safety measures, and do whatever they want on the operating system.
Chrome OS Secures Strong Performance at Pwnium 3 Challenge
The Pwn2Own 2013 and Pwnium 3 hacking competitions may have both taken place in the same locale last week
Pwn2Own 2013 Highlights Major Software Failures In Browsers And OS
Over the past few years, the Pwn2Own hacker contest has become an important fixture in the world of testing the security of software applications, operating systems and hardware devices. This year, HP TippingPoint, a sponsor of Pwn2Own, made clear that it was expanding the focus of the competition beyond browsers.
Enhancing Security Knowledge to Prevent Cyber Threats in Enterprises
Hackers are consistently breaching enterprise's systems by going after the end user through the use of things like phishing attacks. Even as security technologies are getting smarter hackers are going after the one thing that hasn't improved: The end users' security knowledge.
Pwn2Own Contest Highlights: IE10, Chrome, and Firefox Exploits
Research teams Wednesday cracked Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox at the Pwn2Own hacking contest, pulling in more than $250,000 in prizes.
Government Officials Investigate Cybersecurity Conferences for Insights
It was August 2011, and a lone Public Safety Canada cyber-security official wanted to take a trip to Las Vegas to meet with the experts on cracking into government systems: hackers.
Insights on Huawei Router Access Risks from HITB Conference
At Hack In The Box researcher Felix "FX" Lindner has shown how Huawei routers are easy to access with their static passwords and how one machine could give an attacker access to an entire network.
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