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security advisory vulnerability GNOME is officially shortening its standard vulnerability disclosure window from 90 days to 30 days, a change that impacts upstream maintainers, downstream Linux distributions, and system administrators in how they handle software vulnerabilities. The policy shift, announced by long-time security coordinator Michael Catanzaro , addresses modern software patching realities and a growing influx of automated submissions. . Because GNOME is the default desktop environment on several major Linux...
Jul 21, 2026
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security advisory moderate For organizations that run a self-hosted Git platform, it’s no longer just about hosting static code repositories. Today, Git servers are responsible for deployment pipelines, API tokens, SSH keys, package repositories, and the automation scripts that push code directly. Confirm that the upgrade addresses known vulnerabilities but also provides production environments. . That makes them trusted systems within the development environment and attractive targets for attackers looking to move...
Jul 20, 2026
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data privacy automation Every system admin has lived through the same Monday morning ritual. A queue of forty tickets, half of them password resets, permission errors, or disk space warnings that any experienced technician could resolve in under two minutes. The other half require actual judgment. For years, automation promised that software would eventually sort the two apart on its own. That promise is now being tested in production Linux environments. . Early results are reshaping how IT teams think about tier-1...
Jul 17, 2026
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data collection automation You're running a web scraping project to collect pricing data from e-commerce sites. You set up a pool of datacenter proxies, launch your scripts, and within minutes — banned . CAPTCHAs everywhere. Your data pipeline stops before it really begins. . It's a frustrating scenario that plays out daily in ad verification, market research, and multi-account management. The website doesn't know you're doing legitimate research or monitoring. It just sees traffic coming from IP ranges it recognizes as...
Jul 17, 2026
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security advisory social engineering Business Email Compromise used to be a numbers game — mass-blasted emails, broken English, an obvious "URGENT WIRE TRANSFER" subject line. That era is over. Generative AI has turned BEC into a tailored, low-noise operation that mimics writing style, voice, and even video presence. This piece looks at what's actually changed under the hood, what defenders are testing in response, and why so many organizations are still structurally unprepared for it. . The Infrastructure Problem Nobody Wants to...
Jul 17, 2026
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cyber threatsonline fraudmalicious sitesOrganized Crime Creates 3 Million Fraudulent Websites Each Year
A recent study shows that organized criminals create approximately 8,000 malicious websites every day, or over 57,000 each week.. These malicious websites model legitimate websites that we visit every day, such as bank websites, online shopping sites, and eBay. According to this study, the most frequently impersonated companies include Visa, Amazon.com, PayPal, HSBC, and the United States Internal Revenue Service. People are typically directed to these scam sites in one of three ways: 1. Often, potential victims end up visiting these spoofed websites via phishing scams. Phishing, of course, occurs when you receive an email that appears to be sent from your bank or other trusted entity, and a link in the email brings you to a website that is designed to steal your login credentials. The link for this article located at The Examiner is no longer available. . These malicious websites model legitimate websites that we visit every day, such as bank websites, o. recent, study, shows, organized, criminals, create, approximately, malicious, websites, every. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 07, 2010
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cyber threatssecurity threatbusiness safetyWebsense Report Highlights 671% Surge In Web Malware Threats
The growing threat to businesses from the web was put into sharper focus today, after security vendor Websense reported a whopping 671 per cent rise in the number of malicious sites during the past year. . The firm's biannual State of Internet Security (PDF) report is compiled using email and web site scanning data collected by Websense Security Labs. The report found growth not only in the number of malicious sites but in the continued activity designed to compromise legitimate sites. In the first half of 2009, over three-quarters of web sites with malicious code were found to be legitimate sites that had been compromised. Recent widespread attacks such as NineBall and Gumblar were blamed for injecting malware into sites on a huge scale.. CyberGuard reveals a staggering 589% rise in harmful websites, underscoring significant risks to enterprises in online safety.. web malware rise, business web threats, internet security reports, website safety issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2009
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web securitynetwork defenseIT administrationWebsense Security Database for Blocking Malicious Web Access
Websense has released a new security database - Premium Group III: Malicious Web sites - that it says will enable IT administrators to block employee access to sites that have malicious web-borne code. . .. Websense has released a new security database - Premium Group III: Malicious Web sites - that it says will enable IT administrators to block employee access to sites that have malicious web-borne code . Unlike anti-virus software that is reactive, PG III is billed as a preventative measure because it stops a user's request for a malicious web site before it can enter an Internet gateway. According to the company, it is critical to prevent access to sites with malicious mobile code (MMC), such as the recent Nimda worm, since MMC attacks a company's network when employees visit infected web sites. The IT security firm says that, if it had been available last year, PG III could have provided Websense customers with an automatic protection against web-based variants of the Nimda worm, which cost many companies around the world considerable downtime. . Websense's Premium Group III provides IT admins tools to block malicious web access, enhancing network security.. Websense security, Premium Group III, malicious web access. . Anthony Pell
Jul 15, 2002
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security advisorysecurity issuebrowser flawNetscape Navigator Versions Affected: Security Advisory on Cookie Exposure
A security flaw in Netscape's Navigator Web browser can let malicious Web site operators view the information stored in cookies on a user's computer, according to a security note published on Netscape's Web site. . . .. A security flaw in Netscape's Navigator Web browser can let malicious Web site operators view the information stored in cookies on a user's computer, according to a security note published on Netscape's Web site. The vulnerability affects Navigator Versions 6 through 6.2, as well as Version 0.9.6 and earlier versions of the open-source version of Navigator, Mozilla, according to an analysis written by Marc Slemko, who discovered the bug. The bug, Slemko said in his analysis, can be exploited by causing users to visit a Web address inserted into HTML code on a Web page or in an HTML-formatted e-mail. If the user were to view the malicious Web site, cookies could be stolen off the user's computer, Slemko said. The link for this article located at NW Fusion is no longer available. . A newly found vulnerability in Netscape Navigator may allow malicious sites to steal user cookies, compromising sensitive information and exposing users to attacks. Netscape Navigator flaw, cookie exposure risk, browser security threat. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 29, 2002
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