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Virtualization Security Checklist  21 October 2011 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell   
What's the most dangerous threat to your virtualized systems? Hint: it's not the latest zero-day exploit. The most pressing risk is IT staff who have full privileges in these systems.
 
Hackers Share Attack Techniques, Beginner Tutorials on Online Forum  18 October 2011 
Source: eWeek - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Imperva researchers analyzed the activities of a large hacker forum for a year and found that members are discussing distributed denial of service attacks and providing tutorials.
 
Former Hacker Pablos Holman’s Tips for Internet Security  14 October 2011 
Source: Fox News - Posted by Alex   
He was once one of the world's top hackers, but now Pablos Holman is using his powers for good. He was in town for Chicago Ideas Week and joined us with some tips for protecting yourself online.
 
The Best System Monitor for Linux  11 October 2011 
Source: lifehacker - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Linux has a few different options for monitoring your system's resources, but our favorite is definitely the lightweight, super-configurable Conky, which sits right on your desktop.
 
Four ways to improve security on your WordPress site  07 October 2011 
Source: memeburn - Posted by Alex   
In recent months, the web world was hit with a code exploit that affected many users across various web development platforms, from custom systems to Drupal and WordPress.org. This hack exploited a security vulnerability in the popular TimThumb image resizing PHP script, which allowed the hacker full access to any website running the older version of this script.
 
Kernel Developers Share Security Tips  05 October 2011 
Source: ServerWatch - Posted by Dave Wreski   
As most folks know by now, a security breach affecting kernel.org was discovered in September. While that didn't affect kernel sources, it did get Linux kernel developers to thinking about their personal system security--and it might not be a bad idea for others to do the same.
 
How to lock down Linux  04 October 2011 
Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Any operating system can be cracked if you don’t adequately protect it. Yes, even Linux. Here are some security basics on how to protect your Linux systems.
 
The Air Force's secure Linux distribution  03 October 2011 
Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Alex   
Linux has long had a close, working relationship with governments, but Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) is the first official U.S. Linux distribution.
 
Security Bugs in Google Chrome Extensions (And How To Avoid Them)  29 September 2011 
Source: Adrienne Porterfelt - Posted by Dave Wreski   
We reviewed 100 Chrome extensions and found that 27 of the 100 extensions leak all of their privileges to a web or WiFi attacker. Bugs in extensions put users at risk by leaking private information (like passwords and history) to web and WiFi attackers.
 
When Is A Web Hacker Good For My Business?  28 September 2011 
Source: Forbes - Posted by Dave Wreski   
When you ask for it. A new trend in business is to enhance ones sense of security for their website and/or confidential business data. An emerging trend to ensure your website, business server or database is secure is to hire a professional hacker and have them target you for an evaluation. Sounds crazy!
 
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