
Companies are hungry for professional open source talent
Recruiting open source talent is a top priority for hiring managers focused on recruiting technology talent, and recruiters are increasingly looking for more professional …

Free badge program helps determine the security of open source software
The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project managed by The Linux Foundation that aims to improve the security of critical open source projects, issued its first round …

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format
Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, featuring the new “snap” package format and LXD pure-container hypervisor. An Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release is …

Linux security isn’t enough to stop data breaches
There is a difference between the security of an operating system and the security of the data created, which is edited and manipulated by people and saved on the operating …

Lynis 2.2.0: New features, tests, and enhancements
Lynis is a popular open source security auditing tool, used to evaluate the security defenses of their Linux/Unix-based systems. It runs on the host itself, so it performs …

Endpoint Protector: Fight data leakage on Linux workstations
At RSA Conference 2016 in San Francisco, CoSoSys released Endpoint Protector DLP for Linux in Private Beta, enabling protection against data leakages for confidential data on …

Protecting enterprise data centers from threats that target Linux servers
Today’s internet is largely powered by Linux servers, many of which have become the target of attackers looking to utilize this vast pool of resources for much larger and more …

Linux Mint hack: Backdoored ISOs, stolen forums database
The web properties of the project developing Linux Mint have been compromised, and the attacker managed to put up a backdoored version of the distro for download for a little …

Critical Glibc flaw opens Linux distros, other software and devices to compromise
A critical bug has been found to open an unimaginable number of computers, networking and other connected devices to attacks that can result in complete system compromise. …

Versatile Linux backdoor acts as downloader, spyware
Another Linux Trojan has been discovered by researchers, and this one is pretty versatile: it opens a backdoor into the infected device, can download and run additional …

0-day in Linux kernel endangers Linux servers, Android devices
A serious and pretty longstanding flaw in the Linux kernel has been recently discovered by researchers from infosec outfit Perception Point. The vulnerability (CVE-2016-0728) …

New Linux Trojan performs system reconnaissance
A new Linux threat has been identified by Dr. Web researchers. Dubbed Linux.Ekoms.1, this Trojan’s apparent function is to discover details about the system it has …
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