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Linux Kernel 6.9 Released with Critical Fixes & Upgrades

The recently released Linux Kernel 6.9 brings forth a blend of crucial upgrades and enhancements, catering to the ever-evolving needs of the Linux ecosystem. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, underscores this by stating, "a more powerful arm64 ma...
May 13, 2024
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Nmap 7.95 Released with New OS and Service Detection Signatures

Nmap 7.95 introduces myriad enhancements, primaril...
May 13, 2024
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AlmaLinux 9.4 Reinforces Robust Linux Security

The recent release of AlmaLinux 9.4, closely aligned wi...
May 07, 2024
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6 Hot And Sought-After IT Security Skills

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The IT security job market is booming -- but that doesn't mean everyone is automatically getting a job, or the right job. And just like the threat landscape is rapidly evolving, so are the qualifications and qualities needed for positions in the security profession.

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Sun Open Source Reborn in ForgeRock

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When Oracle bought Sun, there were many unanswered questions about Sun's open-source portfolio of programs. Over a year later, we still don't know, for example, if OpenSolaris is going to have Oracle's support. We now know, however, that OpenSSO, an open source access management and federation server platform, will live on as a product under the new open-source company ForgeRock.

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It's Time To Think Like A Hacker

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Security Consultant and Trainer Joe McCray has been hacking into the Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Agencies, Financial Institutions, and other big companies for years - legally of course. He's a Penetration Tester, a term used to describe a computer security consultant that hacks into companies in order to demonstrate security weaknesses.

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Apache Traffic Server Gets Top-Level Project Status

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The Apache Software Foundation runs its open source projects on a hierarchy of principally three levels, top-level projects (TLPs), sub-projects and incubated projects. Achieving the TLP status is a major milestone for an open source effort and this week Apache announced that six projects were being graduated to TLP status.

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An information security blueprint, part 1

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Symantec's Francis deSouza lays out the requirements for a more practical way of addressing information security threats. The recent the Hydraq attacks were the latest example of just how radically the Internet threat landscape has changed over the past few years, and how vulnerable companies and their information stores are to cyber attacks.

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A Digital Forensics Student's Linux Workspace

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Our next entry for the "The $100.00 (USD) Coolest Linux Workspace Contest" was sent all the way from the Netherlands by a digital forensics student named Huseyin. He is also working as an intern at an IT-audit company and described Linux as the best OS to do research on. If ever chosen as the grand winner, he says he will use the $100 to buy another 1TB hard disk drive since the 3TB of HDDs that he already have are not enough --probably because of lots of legal evidences to store :-)

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OAuth Is the New Hotness in Identity Management

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With Facebook Connect being abandoned in its favor, and a new draft specification before the IETF, OAuth is shaping up as the cornerstone of identity management for cloud-based applications and services. eWEEK Labs Senior Analyst P. J. Connolly looks at what's behind the seamless access to services on social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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