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Is 'Ethical Malware' an Oxymoron or a Best Practice? December 07, 2009 
Every community has its heroes, and here in the world of Linux there's no doubt that Linus Torvalds is one of them. Linus featured more prominently than usual in the Linux blogosphere over the past week. There was serious discussion of the possibility of a Nobel Peace Prize for our favorite Finn!
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Has Firefox Peaked? November 10, 2009 
Fans around the globe marked the fifth birthday of the open source Firefox Web browser with a multitude of special events held as part of the "Light the World with Firefox" campaign. "We've vastly improved the browsing experience for hundreds of millions of people around the world," wrote Christopher Blizzard on the Mozilla Hacks blog.
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Does Wine Make Linux Too Loose? November 05, 2009 
Following the Karmic Koala's joyful reception last week, sentiments toward the FOSSy marsupial have become distinctly less enthusiastic in recent days -- at least for some. "Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala" was the headline on a piece that ran in The Register on Tuesday, which chronicled multiple cases of frustration among some users upgrading to the new version.
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Firefox Locks Out Microsoft's App Dev Tech October 19, 2009 
Microsoft technology used to program applications that can be accessed through a browser continued to be blocked for Firefox users Monday. Mozilla had been blocking two Microsoft plug-ins after the discovery that Microsoft's .Net 3.5 SP1 install silently adds a plug-in to Firefox allowing the surreptitious launch of a malicious AML browser application that could take over infected machines.
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Android Security Flaws Nipped in the Bud October 13, 2009 
Two security flaws recently uncovered in Android 1.5 could have enabled malicious denial of service attacks on users of the mobile platform, according to an advisory released last week by the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team. The first of the flaws could have allowed a malformed SMS message to disconnect the mobile phone from the cellular network.
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Cracks in the US Cybersecurity Walls: Q&A With NetWitness CEO Amit Yoran August 14, 2009 
Cybersecurity is a shambles in the U.S., but nobody seems able to do anything about it, and things appear to be going from bad to worse. NetWitness CEO Amit Yoran, who served as cybersecurity chief during the George W. Bush administration, discussed U.S. cybersecurity with TechNewsWorld in an exclusive interview.
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On Bugs, Viruses, Malware and Linux August 10, 2009 
Among all the reasons geeks choose Linux, security is often near the top of the list. And no wonder -- personal preferences aside on all the other many relevant issues, there's plenty of evidence to suggest our favorite operating system really is more impervious.
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Taking FOSS Security Seriously August 07, 2009 
Code hunters are spotting with greater frequency defective coding that could open security holes in open source software. The Open Source Report 2008 and the Architecture Library Report, conducted by Coverity for the U.S. Department Homeland Security Cybersecurity Open Source Hardening Project, shows more than 10,000 defects fixed since project launch in March 2006.
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Apple Seals iPhone's SMS Security Leak July 31, 2009 
Could something as simple as an SMS text message turn your own smartphone against you, allowing a hacker to listen in on your private conversations or direct you to a malicious Web site? It can be done, according to security experts presenting their findings Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
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1 Million Linux Kernels Booted for Vast Botnet Simulation July 31, 2009 
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have laid the groundwork for an unprecedented simulation of a large-scale botnet after booting up 1 million Linux kernels as virtual machines. They now are waiting for completion of a new, faster and more capable supercomputer on which they hope to run 10 million kernels in a simulation of the open Internet.
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Mozilla Fixes Firefox JavaScript Glitch July 17, 2009 
Thursday marked yet another chapter in the short, rocky history of Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser, as the foundation released a security update a little more than two weeks after unveiling it. Firefox 3.5.1 fixes a JavaScript vulnerability in version 3.5 that exposed users to so-called drive-by attacks.
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Report: Firefox Security Superiority a Myth March 06, 2009 
Secunia has debunked a myth held dear by Linux devotees and anti-Microsoft grousers: that Firefox is safer than Internet Explorer. There were 115 reported security vulnerabilities in Firefox last year -- almost twice as many as Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari browser combined, according to a new report by the security researcher.
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Superuser Privilege Management: It's Not About Trust February 25, 2009 
Though "everyone knows" the threat and consequences of insider attacks, it was still shocking to read the headlines that a former Unix engineer at mortgage giant Fannie Mae was charged in federal court with allegedly planting a logic bomb that would have effectively shut down all 4,000 servers at Fannie.
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1234567890 Day and a Hot Job at Microsoft February 16, 2009 
There are few things more frustrating to us here at LinuxInsider than being late to the party. Unfortunately, that's just what happened last week, when we learned a mere 24 hours or so ahead of time that Friday -- notable already for being the 13th -- was none other than 1234567890 Day! How in the world did we miss that one coming?
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Is Firefox Fit for Enterprise Duty? December 18, 2008 
Enterprise application whitelisting company Bit9 launched an attention-getting press release last week, a document which merely bubbled for a few days until the recent Internet Explorer flaw took center stage and Mozilla pushed out a few Firefox updates. Eventually, the heat under the issue boiled over, prompting Mozilla to tackle the Bit9 report on its Mozilla Security Blog.
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10 Newbie Mistakes, and What's Broken in Linux? December 08, 2008 
There's nothing like the approaching dawn of a new year to make a person sit down and take stock of things. Apparently the folks over at Infoweek were feeling a similar urge last week, if their article titled "Fixing Linux: What's Broken and What To Do About It" is anything to go by.
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