LinuxSecurity.com
Share your story
The central voice for Linux and Open Source security news
Home News Topics Advisories HOWTOs Features Newsletters About Register

Welcome!
Sign up!
EnGarde Community
Login
Polls
What is the most important Linux security technology?
 
Advisories
Community
Linux Events
Linux User Groups
Link to Us
Security Center
Book Reviews
Security Dictionary
Security Tips
SELinux
White Papers
Featured Blogs
All About Linux
DanWalsh LiveJournal
Securitydistro
Latest Newsletters
Linux Security Week: May 20th, 2013
Linux Advisory Watch: May 17th, 2013
Subscribe
LinuxSecurity Newsletters
E-mail:
Choose Lists:
About our Newsletters
RSS Feeds
Get the LinuxSecurity news you want faster with RSS
Powered By

  
Privacy
We have thousands of posts on a wide variety of open source and security topics, conveniently organized for searching or just browsing.



Want to avoid all private-data breaches, ever? Here's how  03 November 2011 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Alex   
As information and privacy commissioner of Ontario, Ann Cavoukian's jurisdiction is limited to the Canadian province. But that doesn't mean the effects of her post don't extend into territories across the globe.
 
Should you share breach information?  01 November 2011 
Source: Network World - Posted by Dave Wreski   
When companies suffer a security breach today they face that core dilemma: Tell the world and hope the honesty helps others, or keep it under wraps to avoid tarnishing the brand and duck possible lawsuits? One thing is clear from the arguments below: It is time for the government to take the guesswork out of the equation.
 
Hackers Press the 'Schmooze' Button  31 October 2011 
Source: Wall Street Journal - Posted by Alex   
As banks and other large companies spend large amounts of money on building firewalls and using complex technology to fortify their systems, it is often their own employees who are letting identity thieves in the door.
 
When Sex Is Better Than Hacking  19 October 2011 
Source: Wall Street Journal - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Who is more likely to hand over their personal online information, a criminal hacker or an IT security professional? It seems they are all pretty bad if a female is involved, but “white hats” are worse.
 
US government continues to target WikiLeaks volunteer  11 October 2011 
Source: H Security - Posted by Alex   
US ISP Sonic.net and Google have been forced to supply the US government with information about the email account of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum; according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Monday (10 October), the companies were complying with a secret court order.
 
VPN Intranet Over the Internet: Understanding Multiprotocol Label Switching  04 October 2011 
Source: svjn / HP - Posted by Anthony Pell   
It's easy to set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for individuals. Trying to set up private networks over the public Internet for branch offices --– that’s harder. To make VPNs work across multiple offices, you need to scale at an entirely different level to handle the traffic. That's where Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) comes in.
 
On Computers: Don’t worry about that https  30 September 2011 
Source: Times Reporter - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A reader wrote me: “I occasionally see ‘https’ in my browser. Should I suspect it might be some manner of hacking?” I wrote back that it does have something to do with hacking, but this time it’s to our advantage.
 
Richard Clarke on Patriot Act, WikiLeaks, privacy (Q&A)  20 September 2011 
Source: CNET - Posted by Dave Wreski   
In an increasingly digital world, the real threat to citizens' privacy is data collection by corporations and not the Patriot Act, said former U.S. cybersecurity and counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke.
 
Iran blocks Tor; Tor releases same-day fix  15 September 2011 
Source: Tor Project - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The short version: Tor relays and bridges should upgrade to Tor 0.2.2.33 or Tor 0.2.3.4-alpha so users in Iran can reach them again.
 
Five ways to avoid being tracked on the Web  02 September 2011 
Source: CNET - Posted by Alex   
Web spies are getting stealthier and stealthier. Recently they've been caught peering into our browser histories to determine the sites we've visited, even in so-called privacy mode with cookies disabled, as Dan Goodin described earlier this month on The Register.
 
<< Start < Prev 7 8 9 Next > End >>

Results 61 - 70 of 1199
    
Partner

 

Latest Features
Securing a Linux Web Server
Password guessing with Medusa 2.0
Password guessing as an attack vector
Squid and Digest Authentication
Squid and Basic Authentication
Demystifying the Chinese Hacking Industry: Earning 6 Million a Night
Free Online security course (LearnSIA) - A Call for Help
What You Need to Know About Linux Rootkits
Review: A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Fifth Edition
Using the sec-wall Security Proxy
Yesterday's Edition
Hackers From China Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets
Exploit for local Linux kernel bug in circulation - Update
Partner Sponsor

Community | HOWTOs | Blogs | Features | Book Reviews | Networking
 Security Projects |  Latest News |  Newsletters |  SELinux |  Privacy |  Home
 Hardening |   About Us |   Advertise |   Legal Notice |   RSS |   Guardian Digital
(c)Copyright 2013 Guardian Digital, Inc. All rights reserved.