GNU/Linux systems are immune to viruses is anything but myth. Viruses, malware are programs with destructive intentions and can be installed on any machine throgh various means. It becomes extremely easy if an attacker/cracker (not hacker for god's sake, you idiot) gets physical access to the machine. You can install a malicious code on your own computer if you want.

what happens when your ISP (Internet Service Provider) blocks port 80?

Over the weekend, Savannah was compromised. Here's a chronological account of the events: […]
We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to Savannah users by this attack, and thank you for your patience while we work to bring back an improved service.

The Koobface worm makes the news again with a cross-platform version of the Worm. Security firm Intego disclosed the threat for Mac OS X on their blog. The worm uses a Java applet to download the malicious payload. If the user allows the applet to run, Koobface may be able to join the Botnet. The site I’ve tested in the wild will work for Windows, Linux and OS X.

Designing for surveillance means, more or less by definition, designing a less secure, more vulnerable infrastructure.

Linpus Lite 1.4 is the latest update to the Linux distribution published by Linpus Technologies, Inc. of Taipei, Taiwan. Though designed for use on netbooks and low-powered computers, it is one of the best distributions that I have reviewed for publication on this website.

With this article, I present all the physical and network security features available on this distribution.

Learn 3 ways of hardening SSH access to your system to block would-be crackers

GNU/Linux is patching flaws very quickly (almost immediately), whereas Microsoft hides flaws and patches them a long time after their discovery, sometime patching them secretly or only once attacks strike