RSBAC 1.2.7 Announcement: Kernel Support And New Features
The RSBAC team is happy to announce that RSBAC 1.2.7 has just been released for both kernels 2.4.32 and 2.6.16.
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After Years of Supply Chain Attacks, npm Is Finally Closing the Door on Auto-Scripts
With npm v12, dependency preinstall, install, and postinstall scripts will no longer execute automatically during package installation. Script execution will require explicit approval through new controls such as npm approve-scripts, with the change ...
Risks of GitHub Repo Breach on Linux Supply Chain Security
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MXDR Provider Selection for Linux Environments and Security Services
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EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.7 Release: Key Features and Security Enhancements
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Red Hat Launches New Tools For Testing And Application Integration
Red Hat has released development tools to the open source community, which are designed to make it easier for enterprises and developers to quickly test and integrate new applications with Red Hat Linux and other Linux distributions.
Firefox 2.0 with Safe Browsing: Enhanced Anti-Phishing Features
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Sun Enhances Linux Compatibility for UltraSPARC T1 Servers Support
Sun is officially giving customers a wider choice on its SPARC servers with the announcement that it will support Linux on its new multicore UltraSPARC T1 systems.
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ArcSight Acquires Enira Technologies For Enhanced Network Protection
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Mary Ann Davidson Critiques Faulty Coding Standards at W3C Conference
Mary Ann Davidson, chief security officer for database giant Oracle, remembers the first time she heard her company's marketing scheme that advertised its database products as "unbreakable." "I think my response was 'What idiot dreamed this up?," Davidson said Thursday at the W3C conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Exploring Open Source Adoption Hurdles in Enterprise IT with Mozilla
Mozilla, maker of the open source Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client, says a reliance on proprietary technologies is still an obstacle for IT directors looking to deploy open source in the enterprise. Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker readily admitted to silicon.com that the enterprise is "not our sweet spot" but said the organisation offers an enterprise customisation kit created by an IBM developer and said it's interested in working with partners to address the needs of corporate IT.
Best Free Antivirus Options Available for Windows XP Users Today
iamjoltman writes "I've been looking to replace the McAfee anti-virus on my parent's XP machine. So, I've been looking at the three free anti-virus choices, AVG Free Edition, avast! Home Edition and AntiVir Personal Edition. I know there are other options, but I believe any others are only on-demand scanners, and that's not an option. So, what does the Slashdot crowd think is the best of these choices? Keep in mind, I'm only looking in anti-virus, I'll go elsewhere for firewall or malware protection."
Skype: Enhance Client to Address Medium Risk URI Vulnerability
Skype is advising users to upgrade to a more recent version of its voice-over-IP software to fix a security bug reported late last week by a security researcher in New Zealand. The bug affects several versions of the Skype client for Windows and could allow an attacker to download a file from an affected PC without permission. Skype rated the vulnerability "medium risk."
Blue Security: Operations Cease Amid Spam Attacks and Intimidation
Anti-spam firm Blue Security is to scrap its spam-fighting effort after deciding its escalating conflict with a renegade spammer was placing the internet as a whole in jeopardy. Blue Security established a ‘Do Not Intrude Registry’ (akin to the Do Not Call Registry for telemarketing) with around 450,000 members. Participants downloaded a small tool, called Blue Frog, which systematically floods the websites of spammers with opt-out messages. Depending on your point of view, this initiative can either be viewed as community action or vigilantism.
VeriSign Acquires GeoTrust: Boosting SSL Competition With Expansion
VeriSign has announced plans to acquire GeoTrust, its largest SSL certificate rival, for approximately $125m in cash. The deal, announced on Wednesday, is expected to close in the second half of this year, subject to regulatory approval.
Understanding Open Source Contributions And Corporate Responsibilities
Chase Phillips used to spend up to 100 hours a week writing code for the Firefox browser. Bruce Momjian, a former teacher, manages the E-mail list for contributors to the PostgreSQL database. Brian McCallister spends evenings and weekends working on projects for the Apache Software Foundation. Swedish engineer Peter Lundblad labors over Subversion, a change management system for distributed development, at night "when the children are sleeping and my wife watches TV." This spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in the world of open source software. Thousands of people donate their time and expertise to the benefit of all. But not everyone is giving as much as they're getting. Large companies, those with the greatest wherewithal to help, are surprisingly minor players in the roll-up-your-sleeves work of open source development.
Testers Face Challenges with User Account Control in Windows Vista Beta 2
An annoying surprise awaits 2 million consumers expected to enthusiastically step forward in the next few weeks to help Microsoft test its new Windows Vista PC operating system. Volunteers will test Vista Beta 2, a near-final version of the much-hyped upgrade of Windows. The testing is the last step leading up to Vista's broad consumer release, scheduled for January.
Influence of Google on Network Security and Associated Data Threats
Ask Google anything--what's happening to GE's stock price, how to get to 881 Seventh Ave. in New York, where Mission Impossible 3 is showing, whatever happened to Brian W. after he moved away in the ninth grade--and you'll get an answer. That's the power of this $6 billion search engine sensation, which is so good at what it does that the company name became a verb. That kind of power keeps Google on the front page of the news--and sometimes under unfavorable scrutiny, as demonstrated by Google's recent clashes with the U.S. Department of Justice and also with critics displeased by the search giant's stance on Chinese government censorship.
Panda DesktopSecure Beta Launch: Enhanced Malware Detection on Linux
Panda Software has launched a new beta version of Panda DesktopSecure for Linux. The Panda Software solution for protecting workstations in Linux environments includes notable improvements, for example, in the generation of reports on the detection of malicious code. Similarly, it is now compatible with more kernels in the Linux distributions supported by DesktopSecure for Linux.
Kodak Pays Penalty For Email Non-Compliance In Spam Case
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