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more »Customizing PortSentry Do you have a sentry to keep an eye on your servers?
Apr 24, 2012PortSentry monitors your ports and lets you know when they’ve been scanned.
more »BackTrack Linux 5 R2 Released
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more »Security Lessons: Modified Code Attacks Detecting source code modification attacks
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more »Red Hat Summit and JBoss World: May 3-6
Apr 13, 2011Red Hat announces IBM, Accenture, Alfresco, Cisco, HP and Intel representatives are scheduled to deliver keynotes at the seventh annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World, May 3-6, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts.
more »OSSTMM 3.0 Released
Dec 15, 2010The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) announced the released of the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) 3.0.
more »Security Lessons Plugin Vulnerabilities
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Container-Based Fedora Hummingbird Designed for Agent-First Builders
Fedora Hummingbird brings the same approach to the host OS as it does to containers to level up security.
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Linux kernel Developers Considering a Kill Switch
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Fedora 44 Now Gaming Ready
The latest version of Fedora has been released with gaming support.
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Manjaro 26.1 Preview Unveils New Features
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Microsoft Issues Warning About Linux Vulnerability
The company behind Windows has released information about a flaw that affects millions of Linux systems.
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Is AI Coming to Your Ubuntu Desktop?
According to the VP of Engineering at Canonical, AI could soon be added to the Ubuntu desktop distribution.
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Framework Laptop 13 Pro Competes with the Best
Framework has released what might be considered the MacBook of Linux devices.
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The Latest CachyOS Features Supercharged Kernel
The latest release of CachyOS brings with it an enhanced version of the latest Linux kernel.
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Kernel 7.0 Is a Bit More Rusty
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France Says "Au Revoir" to Microsoft
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