Trusted Computer Solutions (TCS) has launched what it calls the first Linux hardening tool that is designed to be easy to use and to help system administrators out with compliance issues.

Securing your Linux server is important to protect your data, intellectual property, and time, from the hands of crackers and hackers. The system administrator is responsible for security Linux box. In this first part of a Linux server security series, I will provide 20 hardening tips for default installation of Linux system.

According to the developers, the Firefox updates address a total of twelve issues, including 9 critical security bugs, one high-risk and a moderate XSS hazard. Many of the issues could potentially lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code on a victim's system.

A must-read that looks at how to tackle security issues in your authentication system, models, controllers, views, and elsewhere...

A new Apache HTTP server release is out, fixing at least 4 security issues in the popular open source web server. None of the fixed security issues look like show stoppers to me.

There are many new interesting alternative operating systems: Syllable, Haiku etc. They may promise speed, low system requirements and many good and promising features. But what about security? Is it discussed enough?

On the age of Internet can we even imagine a desktop operating system without a network connection? With networking comes the need for security.

Network Security Toolkit is one of many live CD Linux distributions focusing on network monitoring, analysis, and security. NST was designed to give network security administrators easy access to a comprehensive set of open source network applications, many of which are among the top 100 security tools recommended by insecure.org.

Over the last few years, system security has gained a lot of momentum and software professionals are focusing heavily on it. Linux is treated as a highly secure operating system, but the reality is that it too has its share of security flaws…

One of the areas where Linux really shines is security: you do not really need an antivirus if you are running Linux as an end user. In the Windows world however a good antivirus is almost a requirement as viruses and malwares are commonplace. I have personally seen Windows computers being infected less than an hour after being connected to the internet.