Army officials are worried that sophisticated hackers and other cybercriminals, including military adversaries, may soon have the ability to hack their way into and take control of major military weapon systems such as tanks and ships. Speaking this month at . . .
Source: By:Illena Armstrong   - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"The dominion frequently influenced by hackers and their unsavory, computer counterparts is the Internet. With all its related internal and external company networks, email systems, web sites and other online businesses, thieves and vandals have a cornucopia of interesting targets . . .
Source: ComputerCurrents - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Media reports said that a Brazilian government Web site was brought down on Mar. 15 by unknown hackers. The hackers are said to have used denial-of-service techniques to effectively shut down the Web site of the Brazilian telecommunications regulatory agency. . . .
Source: Found on LinuxToday - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
The latest version of SAINT has been released. "SAINT is the Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool. In its simplest mode, it gathers as much information about remote hosts and networks as possible by examining such network services as finger, . . .
Source: SF Gate -- Â Â - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"What should a small business do to protect itself against Internet sabotage and possible hacker attacks on its computers? A: The California Society of Certified Public Accountants suggests several ways to protect against e-terrorism, random hackers and computer viruses. . . .
Source: Computer Currents - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
A consortium of key Internet businesses has formed an industry task force aimed at spreading the gospel of e-business security -- particularly to medium-sized, Web-based companies -- in the wake of the recent denial of service attacks. . . .
Source: E-Commerce Times - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
In a ruling on Tuesday, a county Superior Court judge dealt a blow to Washington State consumers, as well as to the state's tough anti-spamming law, when he ruled that regulation of e-mail by the state was unconstitutional. . . .
Source: O'Reilly Network - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Terry Dawson, co-author of the Linux Network Administrator's Guide, takes a "Linux-focused look at denial of service attacks and what we can do as responsible Internet citizens to assist in preventing them." [Found on LinuxToday] . . .
Source: Network Magazine -- Ramón Hontañón   - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
"Linux possesses a stable, robust, open-source kernel whose quality is subject to daily scrutiny by thousands of “power users� around the world. As with any other open-source system, once vulnerability is identified, it is typically published and verified within hours—with . . .
Source: ZDNet - Anne Chen   - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team
Anne Chen of ZDNet writes..."In any given James Bond movie, 007 will be subject to an iris scan, a hand print scan or voice analysis by technology that secures and verifies his identity. All the cool gadgets, fictional or not,make . . .
