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Why the media loves to exaggerate Linux security problems

There have been a lot of media reports about Linux security problems recently. ZDNet has taken a stand and pointed out that the problem isn't with Linux, the problem is with certain Linux users and administrators. I'd also argue that the problem is also with certain media outlets who jump on the "linux security stinks!" bandwagon at the earliest opportunity.

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• Mar 25, 2014

UK's security branch says Ubuntu most secure end-user OS

I've been preaching the gospel of Linux security for decades now, but it's always nice to see proof-positive from an independent organization that Linux is indeed the most secure operating system around.

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• Feb 25, 2014

Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges

A new study shows that CSOs could dramatically lower the risk of malware infection by becoming a lot stingier with the number of company employees given administrator accounts on computers.  

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• Feb 20, 2014

Out in the Open: Hacker Vows to Instantly Analyze Your Big Data

These days, Hadoop is everywhere. It began as an esoteric data-crunching platform used by vanguard web companies like Yahoo, Facebook, and Twitter, and now, less than a decade later, it

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• Feb 10, 2014

Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure

It wasn't designed with security in mind. It was just designed to work. But following disclosures of large-scale spying by the U.S. as well as other nations over the last several years, a variety of companies, including Wickr and Silent Circle, see commercial opportunities in making encrypted messaging products that are easier to use.

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• Feb 03, 2014

Should you switch to a supersecure operating system?

Qubes, a Linux OS, uses Xen to spawn multiple domains and promises to reduce risk with some extra effort. For most of us, the effort would be better spent elsewhere

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• Jan 08, 2014

Why security benefits boost mid-market adoption of virtualization

While virtualization has undoubtedly already found its footing in larger businesses and data centers, the technology is still in the process of catching on in the middle market. But a recent study conducted by a group of Cisco Partner Firms, titled "Virtualization on the Rise," indicates just that: the prevalence of virtualization is continuing to expand and has so far proven to be a success for many small- and medium-sized businesses.

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• Nov 27, 2013

Why Hasn't Open Source Taken Over Storage?

Open source products have very uneven penetration into the world of business technology. If you look at content management systems or languages, open source rules. But if you look at the market for ERP software or for storage systems, open source hasn

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• Nov 01, 2013

Take the Exclusive Tour of GitHub

The first thing you see upon arrival at GitHub's brand new San Francisco headquarters is Ryan Tomayko's Macbook Pro. This beat-up old laptop is where Tomayko, one of the company's first engineers, created the "pull request" -- the all-important way of contributing software code (and all sorts of other stuff) to projects housed on the company's web service, a contraption that has redefined the way the world builds things.

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• Sep 27, 2013

How To Avoid Getting Your DNS Hacked Like The New York Times

When the New York Times

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• Aug 29, 2013

Meet the Next Open-Source Stars

The world of open-source software, by design, is something of a collective. Instead of well-defined teams of developers working on a project for pay, open-source software is the result of an amorphous community making contributions

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• Jul 02, 2013

The top ten most common database security vulnerabilities

Digital warfare and worldwide cyberattack rates are on the rise, and protection on corporate networks is even more crucial.

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• Jun 27, 2013

WordPress hardened with XSS, DoS and SSRF fixes

With the second security and maintenance release of WordPress 3.5, the developers of the popular open source blogging software have closed 12 bugs, seven of them security issues. In their announcement, the developers "strongly encourage" all users to update all their installations of the software to version 3.5.2 immediately.

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• Jun 24, 2013

Can You Completely Secure Linux?

How does Red Hat go about building and developing a secure Linux operating system? That question was asked and answered at the Red Hat Summit this week by Josh Bressers, who heads the Red Hat Product Security Team.

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• Jun 17, 2013

Create secure remote backups using Duplicity

Remote backup is an increasingly popular way to protect your files, and Duplicity makes it easy to implement a secure yet flexible backup system

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• Jun 03, 2013

Pressure mounts for building in security during application development

Security has seldom been a priority in application development, but pressure from businesses stuck patching faulty software is having an impact on the industry.

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• May 20, 2013

Too many admins spoil your security

We've all known for a long time that unnecessary use of elevated privileges is a bad thing. You shouldn't be logged in as an administrator while surfing the Internet or checking your email; in particular, you shouldn't do that stuff while logged onto a server as an admin. Your organization shouldn't have too many enterprise admins, domain admins, or server admins. We all have that.

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• May 07, 2013

"Forget passwords!": Google joins FIDO

The FIDO Alliance, an organisation that aims to develop user-friendly password alternatives, has gainedPDF several new members and supporters this week. Google, NXP and CrucialTec have joined the Alliance's board of directors, taking seats alongside existing "Board Level" members.

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• Apr 26, 2013

When Technology Overtakes Security

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• Mar 21, 2013

Practicing safe DNS with Google

The Internet's a dangerous place for an innocent Web browser to be searching alone for the right Web page, so the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) was created to make searching safer. That's the good news. The bad news is that DNSSEC adoption has been lagging. Now, Google has announced that it's supporting DNSSEC in its Google Public DNS service.

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• Mar 20, 2013