Security Lessons: Interoperability Interoperability and code reuse
Jan 03, 2012Developing cross-platform apps can be difficult and error prone. We offer some tips to ease the work.
more »Security Lessons: Rescue Tools Rescuing data from attackers
Nov 30, 2011When attackers strike your system, you need to determine exactly what damage has been done. Here are some tools to help.
more »Security Lessons: Password Storage Storing your passwords properly
Sep 23, 2011High-performance graphics cards and proper storage can help keep your passwords secure.
more »November 2011: DVD Inlay Issue #132
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On the DVD: BackTrack 5 R
Sep 23, 2011This issue’s DVD comes with the BackTrack 5 R1 [1][2][3] pen test distribution. BackTrack provides a great collection of pen testing and security auditing tools. You can boot into BackTrack Live from the DVD or install BackTrack permanently on your hard disk.
more »Wireshark 1.6 Released
Jun 08, 2011The Wireshark free network sniffer rolls out 1.6 release with advanced features.
more »Security Lessons: JTAG Hacking Owning your own stuff
May 31, 2011Who’s device is it? Just because you bought it doesn’t mean you can look inside. But the Internet has plenty of resources for jailbreakers.
more »BackTrack 5 "revolution" Rolls Out
May 11, 2011BackTrack, an Ubuntu-based penetration-testing distribution, offers "major improvements" over previous releases, including support for 32- and 64-bit architectures, KDE 4, Gnome, and Fluxbox.
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Issue 14: Raspberry Pi Handbook/Special Editions
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SCO Rises from the Swamp
Longtime litigator revives an ancient suit against IBM alleging Linux infringes on Unix copyrights.
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UberStudent Project Releases UberStudent 3.0
Specialty distro keeps the focus on advanced learning.
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openSUSE Conference Approaches
The openSUSE Conference will be held July 18-22, 2013, at the Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Drupal.org Hacked
Security breached at home sites of the CMS project.
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Oracle Takes Action on Java Security
Lead Java developer vows policy changes and more attention to fixing problems.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.