Wicked exploit found in Linux WiFi 

Wicked exploit found in Linux WiFi

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 12 April 2012 3:13 AM
Anonymous student hacker finds holes in WICD tool.
Ubuntu disables app logging for privacy  

Ubuntu disables app logging for privacy

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 15 March 2012 9:03 AM
Moves towards a clean slate.
Locking down Linux.conf.au 

Locking down Linux.conf.au

In Networks - By Sam Gentle, 25 January 2012 7:27 AM
Conference organisers zero in on rogue wireless access points.
Aussie exploit challenges for noob to leet 

Aussie exploit challenges for noob to leet

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 14 December 2011 5:53 PM
Learn to beat Linux non-executable memory, ASLR, and stack smashing protection.
Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities 

Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 22 November 2011 1:45 PM
Seeks out holes in embedded libraries.
Dumb brute force attacks slowing down, dying off 

Dumb brute force attacks slowing down, dying off

In Cloud - By Darren Pauli, 7 November 2011 4:58 PM
Hail Mary, it’s happening again.
Linux 'Tsunami' trojan ported to OS X 

Linux 'Tsunami' trojan ported to OS X

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 27 October 2011 12:42 PM
But the sky isn't falling.
Windows 8 won't kill Linux, says Microsoft  

Windows 8 won't kill Linux, says Microsoft

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 27 September 2011 10:23 AM
But some don't buy it.
BSD boffin: 'Iran' got the wrong certificate 

BSD boffin: 'Iran' got the wrong certificate

In Hackers - By Colin Percival, FreeBSD security officer, 2 September 2011 1:30 PM
The real goldmine is Google analytics.
Linux kernel repository compromised 

Linux kernel repository compromised

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 1 September 2011 11:28 AM
Damage limited by git.
Latest Linux pen testing tool unleashed 

Latest Linux pen testing tool unleashed

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 10 May 2011 2:57 PM
Revolution arrives as support dropped for BackTrack 4.
London Stock Exchange investigates outage 

London Stock Exchange investigates outage

In Crypto - By Liam Tung, 1 March 2011 11:09 AM
Real-time data woes sparks trader outrage.
Melbourne and Perth in race for Kaspersky data centre 

Melbourne and Perth in race for Kaspersky data centre

In Web/client - By Nate Cochrane, 16 February 2011 5:34 PM
Winner of two-horse race will need critical demand.
No OS is safe, expert warns 

No OS is safe, expert warns

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 24 September 2010 9:23 AM
Linux and Mac not safer.
Botnets exploit Linux owners' ignorance 

Botnets exploit Linux owners' ignorance

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 10 May 2010 9:16 AM
Symantec warns that port 25 could be the problem.
Surprise spam figures for Linux machines 

Surprise spam figures for Linux machines

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 28 April 2010 12:43 PM
More likely to send spam than Windows?.
Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking? 

Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking?

In Risk - By Munir Kotadia, 5 March 2010 4:57 PM
NSW Police follows up on our October story.
NSW Police: Don't use Windows for internet banking 

NSW Police: Don't use Windows for internet banking

In Risk - By Munir Kotadia, 9 October 2009 7:57 AM
Cybercrime expert endorses Linux, iPhone when banking online.
Worm turns Linux routers into botnet 

Worm turns Linux routers into botnet

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 25 March 2009 2:57 PM
Researchers are warming of a new worm that targets DSL routers running a distribution of Linux.
Fedora Project back online after hack 

Fedora Project back online after hack

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 12 September 2008 9:51 AM
The Fedora Project has begun issuing updates to its Linux distribution following a hacker break-in.
OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux 

OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

By Egan Orion, 15 May 2008 9:58 AM
Debian Linux got a bit of a black eye this week with the announcement that a nasty cryptographic vulnerability exists in its version of the OpenSSL package.
Linux security v Microsoft security, the great debate  

Linux security v Microsoft security, the great debate

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, live at RSA , 10 April 2008 2:51 PM
A Linux v Microsoft security debate at this year’s RSA Conference ended in a draw despite the two opposing experts failing to agree on a concurrent metrics system.
Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier at Linux.conf.au 

Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier at Linux.conf.au

In Risk - By Sarah Stokely, 30 January 2008 1:48 PM
Computer security expert Bruce Schneier took a swipe at a number of sacred cows of security including RFID tags, national ID cards and public CCTV security cameras in his ...
Mass attack on Apache servers running Linux can be stopped by disabling server's dynamic loading: SecureWorks 

Mass attack on Apache servers running Linux can be stopped by disabling server's dynamic loading: SecureWorks

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 25 January 2008 9:47 AM
Security vendor SecureWorks says a mass attack launched against Apache servers running Linux, which has now infected 10,000 websites, can be thwarted by disabling dynamic ...
Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux 

Red Hat patches multiple ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in Linux

In Applications - By Negar Salek, 23 October 2007 2:21 PM
Red Hat has patched nine vulnerabilities in its Enterprise Linux 5 kernel that could cause denial of service and unauthorised system access if exploited by a malicious attacker ...
Windows has 'fewer flaws' than Linux 

Windows has 'fewer flaws' than Linux

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 22 August 2007 12:25 AM
Data collected by a Microsoft security researcher suggests that the company had to patch far fewer software vulnerabilities than competing vendors in 2007.
Microsoft claims Vista is more secure than OS X and Linux 

Microsoft claims Vista is more secure than OS X and Linux

In Web/client - By Tom Sanders, 22 June 2007 9:49 AM
Microsoft patched fewer security flaws on its Windows Vista operating system than any other recently released desktop operating systems, the company boasted in a new study.
Badbunny worm attacks OpenOffice across Windows, Mac and Linux 

Badbunny worm attacks OpenOffice across Windows, Mac and Linux

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 24 May 2007 7:31 AM
A proof-of-concept multiplatform macro worm that can attack OpenOffice on Windows, Mac and Linux PCs, has been sent to security vendor Sophos.
Major flaw found in Wi-Fi Linux 

Major flaw found in Wi-Fi Linux

In Networks - By Iain Thomson, 17 April 2007 4:01 PM
Researcher held back news until patch was released.
Malware targeting Linux on the increase 

Malware targeting Linux on the increase

By William Eazel, 8 May 2006 10:03 AM
The number of malicious programs that attacked Linux operating systems during 2005 was more than double the previous year’s figure, according to new research.
Audit uncovers major Linux flaw 

Audit uncovers major Linux flaw

By Frank Washkuch, 3 May 2006 7:42 PM
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) audit has uncovered a major flaw in the X Window System used by open-source users.
U.K. Cabinet Office backs security enhanced Linux 

U.K. Cabinet Office backs security enhanced Linux

By William Eazel, 2 May 2006 10:58 AM
Steve Marsh, director of the U.K. government’s Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA), has announced that IBM, and its partners Tresys Technology and Belmin Group, ...
New PoC malware can infect both Windows and Linux 

New PoC malware can infect both Windows and Linux

By Frank Washkuch, 7 April 2006 6:04 PM
Kaspersky Lab today reported a new proof-of-concept (PoC) cross-platform virus that creates malicious code to infect both Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
New PoC virus can infect both Windows and Linux 

New PoC virus can infect both Windows and Linux

By Frank Washkuch, 7 April 2006 6:02 PM
Kaspersky Lab today reported a new proof of concept (PoC) cross-platform virus that creates malicious code to infect both Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE 

Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE

By William Eazel, 25 January 2006 10:53 AM
Linux vendors have issued a warning about a potentially serious security hole in the KDE desktop environment, affecting a number of Linux distributions that use the software.
Novell urged to build open source around AppArmor Linux 

Novell urged to build open source around AppArmor Linux

By William Eazel, 20 January 2006 10:11 AM
Industry experts have predicted that Novell’s recent decision to open up the source code of its AppArmor Linux security offering will only have a “meaningful result” if the ...
Linux security beta testers offered beer and blood  

Linux security beta testers offered beer and blood

By William Eazel, 25 October 2005 11:28 AM
In a bizarre bid to attract beta testers an IT security company is offering 1,000 German beers and a meeting with Count Dracula to the software engineer who most thoroughly ...
Microsoft bags Sybari, ditches Linux, Unix 

Microsoft bags Sybari, ditches Linux, Unix

By René Millman, 23 June 2005 12:51 PM
Microsoft has finalized the deal to buy antivirus vendor Sybari Software and announced it will discontinue new sales of Sybari's Linux and Unix products.
Novell acquires Linux security firm 

Novell acquires Linux security firm

By Marcia Savage, 10 May 2005 5:11 PM
Aiming to broaden its enterprise security offerings, Novell has acquired Immunix, a supplier of host-based application security for Linux.
Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software 

Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software

By René Millman, 15 December 2004 5:08 PM
A review of the latest Linux source code has revealed it to have far fewer security flaws than commercial software.
Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus  

Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus

By Robert Jaques, 13 October 2004 12:58 PM
In a bid to protect its commercial email systems from constant virus attack Zon Nederland, the leading ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands, has rolled out an antivirus ...
Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV 

Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV

By Rob Jaques, 9 September 2004 12:33 PM
Media Capital Group, the largest web portal and email provider in Portugal, has deployed an antivirus system designed to protect its Linux infrastructure from worms, viruses ...
Linux developers report few breaches  

Linux developers report few breaches

By Marcia Savage, 4 August 2004 7:47 PM
Linux developers reported very few viruses or intrusions to their systems, according to a recent survey.
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