President Obama Launches New Cybersecurity Initiative
Feb 10, 2016US government invests $19 billion on enhancing security and replacing ancient computer systems.
more »Mozilla Firefox Blocks Flash
Jul 14, 2015More embarrassment for Adobe's embattled multimedia tool
more »Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
Jan 13, 2015New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
more »Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
Dec 16, 2014FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
more »Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Jul 15, 2014Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
more »Offensive Security Releases Kali Linux
Mar 22, 2013Offensive Security announces the release of Kali Linux – their “most advanced, robust, and stable penetration testing distribution to date.”
more »Critical Security Vulnerabilities Handling critical security vulnerabilities: Three incidents
Feb 22, 2013We look at what makes a security issue critical and how upstream developers and vendors respond by examining three incidents: CVE-2013-0156, CVE-2013-0333, and rubygems.org. incident response handling.
more »Memory Analysis Forensic analysis of memory on Linux
Feb 22, 2013In computer forensics, memory analysis is becoming increasingly important as a means for investigating security incidents. In this article, we provide an overview of the various memory dumping options on Linux and introduce the support in Linux for the Volatility Analysis Framework.
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Fedora 43 Has Finally Landed
The Fedora Linux developers have announced their latest release, Fedora 43.
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KDE Unleashes Plasma 6.5
The Plasma 6.5 desktop environment is now available with new features, improvements, and the usual bug fixes.
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Xubuntu Site Possibly Hacked
It appears that the Xubuntu site was hacked and briefly served up a malicious ZIP file from its download page.
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LMDE 7 Now Available
Linux Mint Debian Edition, version 7, has been officially released and is based on upstream Debian.
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Linux Kernel 6.16 Reaches EOL
Linux kernel 6.16 has reached its end of life, which means you'll need to upgrade to the next stable release, Linux kernel 6.17.
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Amazon Ditches Android for a Linux-Based OS
Amazon has migrated from Android to the Linux-based Vega OS for its Fire TV.
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Cairo Dock 3.6 Now Available for More Compositors
If you're a fan of third-party desktop docks, then the latest release of Cairo Dock with Wayland support is for you.
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System76 Unleashes Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta
System76's first beta of Pop!_OS 24.04 is an impressive feat.
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Linux Kernel 6.17 is Available
Linus Torvalds has announced that the latest kernel has been released with plenty of core improvements and even more hardware support.
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Kali Linux 2025.3 Released with New Hacking Tools
If you're a Kali Linux fan, you'll be glad to know that the third release of this famous pen-testing distribution is now available with updates for key components.
