Source: Linux Journal - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
This is the third part in a series on LinuxJournal.com that discusses the use of tar, cpio, taper, and other methods for actually creating backups. . . .
Source: TechWeb - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
More than half of businesses on the Internet leave themselves open to security breaches because they fail to safeguard themselves. A survey of e-businesses discovered one-half to three-quarters of businesses connected to the Internet have at least one of . . .
This Wired article talks about the short reach of authority on the Web. "In the U.K., London-based Financial Services Authority can shut down any unacceptable Web site that doesn't follow British law, but the agency's reach is limited. [...] . . .
Source: Financial Times - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
This article talks about how the IT163.com web site was hit "just like the recent hack attack that shut down Amazon.com and the other US sites. He bombarded the site with so many messages, the system could not cope," It . . .
Source: SecurityFocus - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"A pox on the penguin? Ready or not, Linux viruses are coming, and no one is inoculated." Simson Garfinkel talks about not "why aren't there any?" but instead "what's taking them so long?" . . .
Source: Internet News - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"Curador, the cracker who has stolen credit cards from at least eight small e-commerce sites and then posted them online, is growing more brazen by the minute. In an interview with InternetNews Wednesday, Curador claimed he has hit five . . .
Source: Netscape/Standard - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
The market for Internet security software is expected to reach $4.2 billion worldwide in 1999, and to grow to $7.4 billion in 2002, according to IDC, which based the study on a survey of 300 companies with more than $100 . . .
Intel Corp. plans to announce this week a new security architecture designed to make stolen notebooks 'as useful as bricks.' The new preboot security method, which is based on IPAA ( Intel Protected Access Architecture), will integrate additional software and . . .
"The hacker who broke into online shopping mall SalesGate.com's site last week and reportedly stole thousands of customer credit card numbers is the latest in a string of intruders that have plagued the Internet this year. News wires also reported . . .
Source: IBM Developerworks - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"Buffer overflows accounted for over 50 percent of all major security bugs leading to CERT/CC advisories last year. ... So why are buffer overflow vulnerabilities still being produced? Because the recipe for disaster is surprisingly simple. Take one part bad . . .
