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Source: LinuxSecurity Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter.
The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick
summary of each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on
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Source: Naked Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Is there anything more annoying than infrastructure that turns on you? |
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Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell
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LulzSec Hacker "Topiary" famously tweeted: "You cannot arrest an idea."
Perhaps not, but in the case of Topiary, revealed to be Jake Davis, now 20, you can be sentenced to 24 months in a "young offenders institute" for two counts of conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer, to be followed by a five-year serious crime prevention order that can restrict where he can travel and which jobs he'll be allowed to take. |
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Source: Wired - Posted by Pooja Shah
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Whitaker began by explaining his business—how he started out selling HGH and steroids but eventually sent customers vegetable oil and protein powder instead. He also said that the Google employees he worked with knew that he was in Mexico, selling mainly to Americans in the US—and that they knew his business was illegal. Further, he stated, they helped him tailor his advertising to increase the number of clicks it received. |
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Source: NY Times - Posted by Pooja Shah
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A new wave of cyberattacks is hitting American companies at a particularly vulnerable time for the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency charged with fending them off.
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Source: IT News AU - Posted by Alex
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A Sydney man arrested for allegedly defacing a local council website will face three charges when he fronts up to court in August. |
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Source: CSO Online - Posted by Dave Wreski
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The U.S. government is contributing to the Internet's underground economy by scooping up hacker tools to incorporate into offensive cyber weapons, a report from Reuters says. |
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Source: Schneier on Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
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As part of the fallout of the Boston bombings, we're probably going to get some new laws that give the FBI additional investigative powers. As with the Patriot Act after 9/11, the debate over whether these new laws are helpful will be minimal, but the effects on civil liberties could be large. |
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Source: Silicon Republic - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Facebook will host a Capture the Flag competition to find the next generation of cyber security experts.
The competition includes a total prize fund of €3,500 available for first, second and third place winners. |
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Source: Brisbane University - Posted by Alex
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The University of NSW is known for producing some of Australia's top lawyers, doctors and accountants. But the 64-year-old institution is now gaining a reputation for excelling in what is often viewed as anti-establishment – hacking. |
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Source: arsTechnica - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Mobily, a Saudi Arabian telecommunications company with 4.8 million subscribers, is working on a way to intercept encrypted data sent over the Internet by Twitter, Viber, and other mobile apps, a security researcher said Monday. |
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Source: LinuxSecurity Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Thank you for reading the LinuxSecurity.com weekly security newsletter.
The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick
summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headlines. |
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Source: NBC News - Posted by Anthony Pell
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A new security technique thwarts evildoers online not by hiding or encrypting your password, but by giving the hackers in question too many to choose from. |
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Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Google has been using its own custom version of Linux, Google Compute Engine Linux, as it loads its customers' applications into its infrastructure as a service. |
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