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sec-wall: Open Source Security Proxy - sec-wall, a recently released security proxy is a one-stop place for everything related to securing HTTP/HTTPS traffic. Designed as a pragmatic solution to the question of securing servers using SSL/TLS certificates, WS-Security, HTTP Basic/Digest Auth, custom HTTP headers, XPath expressions with an option of modifying HTTP headers and URLs on the fly.

Book Review: Linux Kernel Programming - As Linux is implemented on increasingly wider number of devices, the number of people responsible for developing and maintaining Linux on those platforms have increased. As the level of maturity of the kernel increases, so does the complexity, capabilities, and size. This book provides the Linux programmer the tools necessary to understand the core aspects of the kernel and how to interface with it.

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22 (Version 3.0, Release 22). This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to the EnGarde Secure Linux Installer and the SELinux policy.
NSA says no to Linux in best practice advisory (May 2)

Top US spooks are advising businesses to upgrade to Vista or Windows 7, claiming that other operating systems do not cut the mustard when it comes to security.
How to disappear completely (May 5)

Almost everyone has a digital footprint these days. Think you could remove your tracks? Former skip tracer Frank Ahearn helps folks drop off the face of the Earth. In a world where we share more information online than ever before, it might seem impossible to disappear completely.
(May 3)

Locking down your home Wi-Fi network with a password is like making sure you eat your broccoli. It's probably good for you, but you probably think it's not much of a priority or a big deal. Well, it's time to make an attitude adjustment. It turns out that you can cause yourself a good deal of trouble by leaving that door to your system unlocked.
NSA Best Practices Recommend Windows Over Linux For Security (May 4)

A best practices document released by the US National Security Agency has advised users against using open source operating system platforms like Linux.
Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole (May 4)

Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes.
Hacker pwns police cruiser and lives to tell tale (May 4)

As a penetration tester hired to pierce the digital fortresses of Fortune 1000 casinos, banks and energy companies, Kevin Finisterre has hacked electronic cash boxes, geologic-survey equipment, and on more than one occasion, a client's heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system.
Wrongly Jailed Security Whistleblower Caught Up in PlayStation Hacker Hunt (May 1)

Armchair cybersleuths on the trail of the PlayStation Network hackers have been focusing attention on a chat log that shows several technically sophisticated PlayStation tinkerers discussing Sony's security vulnerabilities in knowing detail just two months before the breach.
Sony Online Shuts Down Its Servers Following "Intrusion" (May 2)

While Sony Computer Entertainment's still hard at work attempting to restore Playstation Network after the much-talked security breach, their Online division (Sony Online Entertainment) got hacked this morning.
(May 5)

A year after dropping Xen virtualization from its Linux software, Red Hat is still a niche player in the virtualization market. But the comapny is gaining some recognition for the KVM hypervisor.
Nikon image authentication system cracked (May 5)

Russian encryption specialist ElcomSoft has discovered flaws in Nikon's systems for ensuring that images have not been tampered with.
Another 25 million Sony users compromised (May 3)

After apologising for the breach in security that saw 77 million user records compromised, Sony has announced that it has discovered 25 million user records were also compromised on Sony Online Entertainment's systems.
Experts Say Encrypted Credit Card Number Does Not Fully Protect Sony Customers (May 2)

Sony Co., in a blog post Thursday, announced that every single important record from the breached credit card database last week was encrypted. But, security experts say it was not enough to fully protect the Sony PlayStation users and that consumer data might still be used by the hackers.