Cyberwarfare now menacing the enterprise, Kaspersky Lab says
- Jan
- 31
Enterprise security managers have yet another worry to add to their list: cyberwarfare attacks.
read moreNew York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says
- Jan
- 31
Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email accounts for a period of four months, the newspaper reported late Wednesday.
read moreHacking: The New National Pastime?
- Jan
- 31
What a difference a day makes — or, in this particular case, eight months or so. Less than a year ago, retailer Barnes & Noble yanked an issue of Linux Format magazine from its U.S. shelves because of a cover story on the topic of “hacking.” “A complaint was made,” explained the announcement last May on Linux Format’s TuxRadar blog.
KVM: Linux Virtualization That’s Halfway There
- Jan
- 30
Are you looking for a reliable virtualization package to run multiple virtual machines that handle unmodified Linux or Windows images? Then look no further than your existing Linux configuration. It already has the underpinnings to support Kernel-based Virtual Machine. You need look no further than your distro’s package repository to install KVM.
Hacktivist group suspends bank attacks
- Jan
- 30
A group claiming responsibility for a string of cyberattacks against several major U.S. banks over the past four months today said that it has suspended its campaign in response to YouTube’s apparent removal of a controversial anti-Muslim video.
read moreGoogle Open Source Program Manager Chris DiBona: Best of Both Worlds
- Jan
- 29
In 1996, two Stanford University students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created a unique search engine called “BackRub” that ran on the school’s server. After one year, BackRub’s bandwidth outgrew the university’s needs. Its creators rebranded BackRub into Google, a respelled reference to “googol.” It is a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros.
Pentagon to add thousands of new cybersecurity jobs
- Jan
- 29
The Pentagon is planning to expand its cybersecurity force nearly fivefold over the next several years in a bid to bolster its defensive and offensive computer capabilities.
read moreGoogle stakes Pwnium hacking contest to $3.14M in potential prizes
- Jan
- 28
Google today announced it would again host its Pwnium hacking contest at a March security conference, but boosted the maximum amount it will pay to $3.14 million and changed the target to the browser-based Chrome OS.
read moreMicrosoft Mum on Munich Migration Study
- Jan
- 28
Munich’s multiyear migration to Linux has been nothing if not an ongoing saga over the past decade or so, beset as it has been by stops, starts, and various twists and turns. The story appeared to have a happy ending in November when Munich reported that using Linux had already saved it more than 10 million euros, but last week Microsoft spoke up with a different tale.
New bug makes moot Java’s latest anti-exploit defenses, claims researcher
- Jan
- 28
Java’s new security settings, designed to block “drive-by” browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday.
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