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Know Your Enemy: Honeynets - Honeynets are an invaluable offensive security tool for learning the tactics and motives of the blackhat community and sharing the information and insights gathered. This article will explore what a Honeynet is, its value, how it works and the risks involved with deploying a Honeynet.

Decade of the RATs: Is Linux Secure? - Just recently, LinuxSecurity published a feature article exploring the rise in attacks targeting Linux, their implications for Linux users and the conclusions that can be drawn about the security of the operating system based on this disheartening trend. Now, yet another frightening attack campaign exploiting Linux has come to light.


  Tails 4.5 Is Out: Run The Live Operating System With Secure Boot (Apr 13)
 

Looking for an OS that protects your privacy and anonymity online? If so, you should be sure to check out the latest version of the Tails operating system.

  Top 5 Open-Source Serverless Security Tools (Apr 15)
 

Learn about five excellent open-source serverless security toolsthat can be used to identify and patch loopholes in a serverless environment before a hacker exploits them to collect sensitive information.

  With coronavirus forcing us to work from home, SUSE suggests the Linux desktop (Apr 16)
 

As many sysadmins are discovering to their dismay, trying to manage workers from home on a wild mix of older Windows PCs presents various challenges, and security can easily be compromised. SUSE has a suggestion: The Linux desktop.

  IBM extends z15 mainframe family, intensifies Linux security (Apr 15)
 

IBM is intensifying Linux security and privacy, and has reshaped the mainframe with an eye toward further integrating it within hybrid clouds and further securing Linux-based workloads.

  Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users (Apr 20)
 

Are you a Google Chrome user? Google has issued a warning of a vulnerability in its Chrome browseracross Windows, Mac and Linux -urging users to upgrade to the latest version of the browser (81.0.4044.113).