We look at SharePoint integration and show you how to manage Active Directory from Linux. But first, a special story on a dangerous new class of intrusion tools.

You won’t find a perfect solution to the growing problem of drive-by attacks, but many tools are available to help you keep malicious code off your network.

News

• US gov embraces open data
• Apache Cdorked.A exploit discovered
• News Bites

New Intel CEO

• FSF scolds W3C
• Torvalds releases Kernel 3.9
• Xen new LF collaboration project

Operating Systems

•  Debian 7.0“wheezy” debuts
• Windows XP most likely to be victim of attack.

Great tools and resources are available to help you write secure Ruby on Rails code. Kurt examines some tools and offers some tips.

XML security problems are numerous, but you can take steps to limit your exposure – or you can use a different standard.

This month, Rasp Pi becomes a multimedia system, then we look at three great tools to create, manage, and monitor your virtual environments.

Rootkits allow attackers to take complete control of a computer. We describe the tricks intruders use to gain access to the Linux kernel and provide guidelines on hardening the kernel against such attacks.

Security applications like antivirus protectors respond to events, rather than preventing them from happening, but the best security in Linux is architectural – that is, in its configuration.