25 Hardening Security Tips for Linux Servers
- Jun
- 24
Everybody says that Linux is secure by default and agreed to some extend (It’s debatable topics). However, Linux has in-built security model in place by default. Need to tune it up and customize as per your need which may help to make more secure system. Linux is harder to manage but offers…
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Update: NSA leaker Snowden seeks asylum in Ecuador
- Jun
- 23
Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country’s surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.
NSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong reportedly for Russia
- Jun
- 23
Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the country’s surveillance programs, left Hong Kong Sunday to a third country.
US charges Edward Snowden with espionage, report says
- Jun
- 21
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked information about U.S. government mass surveillance programs, has been charged by the U.S. with espionage, the Washington Post reported Friday.
read moreBoxfish Hatches a Hot Idea for Searchable TV
- Jun
- 21
Here’s an app that re-invents the TV guide — and yet is about as far from the newspaper TV listings of old as you can get. Boxfish, available at no charge in the Google Play store, shows what’s trending on TV by indexing every spoken word on TV — live. The idea behind the app is that you should be able to find out what’s happening on television live and then choose what to watch.
LinkedIn outage prompts security concerns
- Jun
- 20
LinkedIn’s domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday, which resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise.
Debian 7: A So-So Distro Not Worth Switching For
- Jun
- 19
After a hiatus of more than two years, the developers of Debian last month released a major upgrade. That surely came as good news to fans of this granddaddy Linux OS, but the new Debian 7 “Wheezy” may not be worth the wait if you are happily using more popular Linux options. I feel somewhat like a turncoat for saying that about Debian Linux — I should be revering its 20-year-long lineage.
US charges eight with multimillion-dollar cybercrime
- Jun
- 12
U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts at banks and financial institutions, laundered it and sent it overseas.
read moreGentoo Creator Daniel Robbins: Making Linux Free and Flexible
- Jun
- 11
Open source software is a passion for some and a business for others. Daniel Robbins was driven by a need to make Linux better than he found it. Robbins created two Linux distros: Gentoo and Funtoo. He created Gentoo Linux during his time as a systems administrator. Funtoo, meanwhile, is a project that Robbins created to extend the technologies for Gentoo.
The Linux Standard Base: Order From Chaos
- Jun
- 06
Imagine going out to do your shopping errands in a world devoid of standards. What would that be like? Without standard sizes, something as routine as buying clothes would be an exercise in frustration. Finding a replacement bulb or buying tires for your car would require unique parts made only by the manufacturer. That’s why the world of Linux has the Linux Standard Base.