Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
Jan 13, 2015New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
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more »TOR Network Isn’t So Anonymous
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more »SSH Key Management Guidelines
Aug 26, 2014The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
more »Drone Brain Goes Open Source
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more »Trick Attackers with Portspoof Flytrap
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more »Finding Wireless Security Problems with Wifislax Tracing
Feb 11, 2014Almost every wireless LAN has some potential security weaknesses. The Wifislax Slackware derivative helps detect and eliminate them.
more »Qubes OS Exploring the Qubes OS secure operating system
Jan 27, 2014Most operating systems claim to be secure; however, most fail terribly. Newcomer Qubes OS tries a different approach, relying on a microkernel and pervasive virtualization.
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AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit
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Ubuntu 26.10 to Include Ubuntu Certified Hardware Check
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Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available
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Gnome Working on Test Center App to Make Testing Easier
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New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel
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New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs
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Hannah Montana Linux Is Back!
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