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The last database activity monitoring (DAM) model I want to address is the proxy model. This is the final installment of my trends series, following the business activity monitoring, ADMP and the policy driven security model.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 23, 2011

Security Issues for Multicore Processors

If hackers love one thing, it

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 14, 2011

Techniques for disguising hacker attacks

There are methods for attacking networks that even cutting-edge security systems cannot detect, and Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs) are one example.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 07, 2011

Whose Job Is Virtualization Security?

As network boundaries blur and longstanding design paradigms fall by the wayside, how do we assign accountability for security? It's a pressing question: Because virtualization gives us so much power and flexibility, we're moving ahead at a breakneck pace, often without looking closely at whether security-assurance levels remain as the services delivery model morphs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 22, 2011

Sloppy use of Amazon cloud can expose users to hacking

Using Amazon's EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) can pose a security threat to organizations and individuals alike, though Amazon's not to blame, according to researchers from Eurecom, Northeastern University, and SecludIT.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2011

Case study: Using remote access securely

A data-breach-investigations report issued by Verizon earlier this year found 71 percent of all hacking attacks on business take place using remote access or desktop service.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2011

If you think you haven't been hacked this month, think again If you think you haven't been hacked th

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 07, 2011

Major overhaul makes OS X Lion king of security

With Wednesday's release of Mac OS X Lion, Apple has definitively leapfrogged its rivals by offering an operating system with state-of-the-art security protections that make it more resistant to malware exploits and other hack attacks, two researchers say.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 21, 2011

What I

As the days count down until I jet off to Las Vegas and release v2.0 of Agnitio I

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 18, 2011

Linux: Secure as a brick

People who are familiar with me know that there are two things I

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 18, 2011

Storing passwords in uncrackable form

News about intrusions into the servers of online stores, games vendors and other internet services can now be read on an almost daily basis. Often, the intruders obtain customers' login data including their passwords. As many people use the same password in multiple places, criminals can use the passwords to obtain unauthorised access to further services.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 21, 2011

Is Linux Really More Secure than Windows?

Common wisdom has held for years that Linux is superior to Windows when it comes to security issues. But now that open source is growing in popularity both on the consumer side (think Android phones) and the enterprise side (Linux runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, for example, according to Wikipedia), it's time to push past the adage and look again at the whole "which is safer" issue.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 15, 2011

The Linux vs. Windows Security Mystery

"NSA recommending Vista for home security is merely a reflection of the reality of monopoly in the retail space," said blogger Robert Pogson. "In the USA probably as few as 2 to 3 percent of users use GNU/Linux, so a recommendation is almost useless." Those who are serious about security "are already aware of SELinux, a product of the NSA. The NSA is merely recommending that folks move on from XP, a poor OS poorly supported by M$."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 13, 2011

What the Sony PlayStation Network Attack Can Teach Us About Database Security

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LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 12, 2011

Windows Vista for Better Security? I Don't Think So.

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently published a report, "Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure" (PDF) in which it makes numerous recommendations designed to help home computer users avoid malware and other common problems.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 10, 2011

Survey: Insider data breach more common than you may think

Last issue we talked about the recent survey of IT managers concerning risk management in their enterprises conducted for Courion. Today we'll look at another recent survey which included IT managers -- and more.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2011

A hardened approach to system security

Primarily a Windows article, but good general security ideas as well. "Glenn Phillips, president of Pelham, Ala.-based Fort

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 18, 2011

Back up your data before April Fools' Day

Hello, world! Today it's your Backup Day. World Backup Day is a new idea promoted by a small team of Redditors, and it's a good idea. You can never be too careful when it comes to backing up.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 01, 2011

Security Tips For Virtualization

Here you are, adding yet another server to your virtualized environment that went from beta to production in the data center equivalent of zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds. That speed means the security policies and processes you routinely applied to physical servers probably went out the window over the past few years.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2011

8 Security Tips from the HBGary Hack

Thanks to Ars Technica and H-online.com, we now have intimate details of the Anonymous attack against security research company HBGary. There are no surprises in how the attacks where carried out, but we can draw many morals from the story, even if we've heard them time and time before.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 08, 2011

Magnet Goblin Hackers Exploit One-Day Flaws to Deploy Custom Linux Malware

New Bifrost Malware Evades Detection, Threatens Linux Server Security

Cryptocurrency Mining Migo Malware Attacks Linux Redis Servers