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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. ...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux got hacked during the Pwn2Own ...

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Pwnie Awards: Recognizing Best Bugs and Vendors in Cybersecurity

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One of the only questions I could ask myself while reading this article is - why hasn't this been done before? Okay, maybe it has, but for our day an age we live in the moment, so here it is - the Pwnie Awards which will celebrate the most lethal bugs researched over the year. Categories range from such bugs as best 'client-side bug', 'server-side bug', and a sure to be popular 'worst vendor' award. Personally I think this is something everyone needs - it's nice to see a change of pace with a little humor thrown in there. Stay updated on this event and have some fun with the best (and worst) the Pwnies have to offer!

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RSA Conference 2023 Highlights Industry Trends And Consolidation

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The annual RSA Conference this week is expected to show evidence of a maturing security industry with an increasing role for big-name companies. The event has long moved far beyond its origins as a get-together for cryptogeeks. It has developed into an annual gathering for corporate IT pros and a showcase for hundreds of companies, small and large, that hawk security products and services to businesses. This year is the 16th anniversary of the event. Again change is in the air.

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SCALE 5X Now Open For Registration With Expert Seminars

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SCALE 5X, the 2007 Southern California Linux Expo has opened for attendee registration. Early bird registration runs through January 24th. Join us for over 40 seminars and tutorials. Presentations from Chris Dibona, Ted Haeger, Don Marti, and more! Expo floor will include exhibits by IBM, Dell, Google, Krugle, Ingres, Trolltech, and others. SCALE 5x will be held in Los Angeles, CA on Feb 10-11, 2007.

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Hack Louisville: Community For Tech Enthusiasts and Freedom Lovers

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We're a group of hackers, nerds, social outcasts, pirates, outlaws, and geeks (not limited to those groups though) that all share a few common bonds. Our love for technology, freedom, information, and most importantly, having fun. We meet on the first Saturday of every month at a location normally picked two weeks before the next meeting. Our meeting times are posted on the forums as well as on the side of this page.

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HOPE Number Six Conference: Insights From Diverse Hacker Presenters

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HOPE Number Six was this summer's hacker conference sponsored by 2600 Magazine. Presenters and artists from all nationalities and disciplines participated in this forum. HOPE Number Six covered all aspects of hacking, the community surrounding it, and its effects across the world. For three days, The Hotel Pennsylvania was the nexus of discussion, planning, and activity for hacker ideas, opportunities, and understanding.

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Cisco Returns As Platinum Sponsor For Black Hat Conference 2023

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The bad blood between Cisco Systems Inc. and organizers of the Black Hat conference appears to be a thing of the past. One year after suing the hacker conference for allowing security researcher Michael Lynn to disclose a security vulnerability, Cisco is returning to Black Hat -- this time as one of the show's top sponsors. Black Hat USA will be July 29 to Aug. 3 in Las Vegas.

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Iowa High Cyber Defense Competition: Students Protect Networks from Threats

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It has all the makings of a B-movie plot: A corporate network targeted by hackers and a half dozen high-school students as the company's only defense. Click here for Core!! Yet, teams of students from ten different Iowa high schools faced exactly that scenario during a single night in late May in the High School Cyber Defense Competition. The contest tasked the teenagers with building a network in the three weeks leading up to the competition with only their teachers, and mentoring volunteers from local technology firms, as their guides.

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Linus Torvalds: The Driving Force Behind Linux Development

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Portland, Oregon is the unlikely capital of a global software revolution. The revolution is called Open Source. And its leader? Linus Torvalds, the reclusive founder of Linux. Linux is the free software code developed by a global community of programmers. It's also the world's fastest growing operating system and number two behind Microsoft.

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An In-Depth Look At Rootkit Hunting And Compromise Detection

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The presentation I gave in Washington, D.C., at Black Hat Federal Conference in January 2006. It's about new generation of stealth malware, so called Stealth by Design (SbD) malware, which doesn't use any of the classic rootkit technology tricks, but still offers full stealth! The presentation also focuses on limitations of the current anti-rootkit technology and why it’s not useful in fighting this new kind of SbD malware. Consequently, alternative method for compromise detection is advocated in this presentation, Explicit Compromise Detection (ECD), as well as the challenges which Independent Software Vendors encounter when trying to implement ECD for Windows systems.

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UK Launches Professional Body For IT Security Standards

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A new professional body for information security professionals launched today (Monday 27 February) will help raise the standards of IT security across the UK, leading employers have said. The Institute for Information Security Professionals has won backing from major UK firms, which plan to use it as a benchmark for hiring IT security staff.

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Future Cybersecurity Best Practices and Insights from Industry Experts

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A panel discussion involving a group of experts held during DEMO ‘06 in Phoenix last week concluded that the state of security today is not where it should be. But the panelists also had suggestions on how to improve it. During the conference, which is owned by Network World, former IBMer and consultant John Patrick called together a panel of industry and academic figures to try to answer the question, “Will the good guys be able to stay ahead of the bad guys?

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Survey Insights: Staffing Shortages In IT And Corporate Security

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According to our recent Security Staffing survey, IT security executives believe their organizatons are in greater jeopardy due to staffing shortages than their peers that oversee corporate security. Additionally, IT uses flex time and training as a motivator more so than corporate security executives. Corporate security organizations outsource more than IT security departments and the most frequently outsourced positions were security guards and guard management, while IT security were more likely to outsource data back up and biometrics.

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Shmoocon 2006: Overview of Engaging Hacker Arcade Events and Activities

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Well, we’ve come to the end of my Shmoocon 2006 coverage. The conference wasn’t all presentations though, there were a lot of other fun activities: The Hacker Arcade featured arcade games that had been modified to generate USB tokens that you could later redeem for prizes. The folks at 757.org modified a skill crane so that it could be controlled from the web. Of course, toys like this at a hacker convention spawned some creative solutions. David Rhodes scripted the skill crane’s web interface so that it would try every possible coordinate pair and ended up with an armful of prizes. Another attendee discovered that the USB tokens weren’t case sensitive and generated a couple hundred thousand prize tokens.