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Security Lessons (Almost) undetectable hardware-based rootkits
Nov 30, 2008We look at the history of the rootkit, including its newest incarnation, the DR RootKit.
more »Stopgap: ClamAV 0.94.1 Fixes Errors
Nov 04, 2008Free antivirus toolkit ClamAV released a stopgap version 0.94.1 to fix a number of bugs, but also to provide a new feature.
more »Smart Access Intro Techniques for managing user identities in Linux
Oct 31, 2008Maybe password security isn't perfect, but most networks depend on it. This month we examine some tools for smarter, more versatile authentication.
more »Security Lessons How hacking got easy
Oct 31, 2008When it comes to security, public disclosure of vulnerabilities and working exploit code is now common. We look at why this can be both harmful and helpful to securing your systems.
more »OWASP Releases Web-Security Videos
Oct 21, 2008The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has placed videos of its latest conference online. The open- source project concerns itself with web application security.
more »Network Scanner OpenVAS 2.0 Enters Beta
Oct 16, 2008Beta test of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is targeted at experienced users and developers of security solutions.
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with Minor Fixes
The latest Linux kernel doesn't really include any big-ticket features, just a lot of lines of code.
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EU Sovereign Tech Fund Gains Traction
OpenForum Europe recently released a report regarding a sovereign tech fund with backing from several significant entities.
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FreeBSD Promises a Full Desktop Installer
FreeBSD has lacked an option to include a full desktop environment during installation.
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Linux Hits an Important Milestone
If you pay attention to the news in the Linux-sphere, you've probably heard that the open source operating system recently crashed through a ceiling no one thought possible.
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Plasma Bigscreen Returns
A developer discovered that the Plasma Bigscreen feature had been sitting untouched, so he decided to do something about it.
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CachyOS Now Lets Users Choose Their Shell
Imagine getting the opportunity to select which shell you want during the installation of your favorite Linux distribution. That's now a thing.
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Wayland 1.24 Released with Fixes and New Features
Wayland continues to move forward, while X11 slowly vanishes into the shadows, and the latest release includes plenty of improvements.
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Bugs Found in sudo
Two critical flaws allow users to gain access to root privileges.
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Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support
In a move that should come as a relief to some portions of the Linux community, Fedora will continue supporting 32-bit architecture.
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Drops bcachefs
After a clash over some late fixes and disagreements between bcachefs's lead developer and Linus Torvalds, bachefs is out.