It's a good time to work in the security field. Nemertes has completed it's research benchmark for the first half of 2009, incorporating interviews with IT and security executives during a recession. The research participants told us that they consider security and compliance spending to be "recession proof", third only to data network and voice/telecom spending. More>>>
If you receive a text message on your iPhone any time after Thursday afternoon containing only a single square character, Charlie Miller would suggest you turn the device off. Quickly. Read more...
A hacker has reportedly obtained and distributed more than 300 confidential documents pertaining to Twitter's business affairs. The documents were reportedly stored on Google Apps.
The hacker apparently accessed documents with potentially sensitive information about Twitter employees, company finances, partner agreements, and other topics, and forwarded the documents to media outlets such as TechCrunch, which reported on the data breach Tuesday. Read more...
Google is weighing whether to encrypt its Web-based Gmail service by default, as suggested by a group of internationally prominent Internet security and legal experts as a way to mitigate privacy and security risks. Read more...
For those that aren't exactly Computer savvy, but want to ensure that their computer's are secured, this brief primer on the explanation of computer security should get you started on the right path. Bear in mind, this primer IS very brief and could appear scattered at times, but rest assured that this author will continue to produce quality articles for better understanding and reading. Read more...
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, posted a nasty smackdown on security nerds and their obsession with security in the gmane.linux.kernel ...
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Ksplice allows system administrators to apply security patches to the Linux kernel without having to reboot. Ksplice takes as input a source code change in unified diff format and the kernel source code to be patched, and it applies the patch to the corresponding running kernel. The running kernel does not need to have been prepared in advance in any way. This is getting a lot of attention in the Linux community.Ksplice: Rebootless Linux kernel security updates
Any time the U.S. National Security Agency is involved, you can bet the situation is pretty serious. With government computer systems the world over being primary targets for hackers, crackers, malware, and other forms of attack because of the value and sensitivity of the information that governments store, the NSA and similar security agencies are in an arms race with hackers--who might just be coming from other governments, if you are a cynic.The Unix Guardian--The NSA Works with Sun to Boost Solaris Security
Kernel space: authoritative hooks for containerizationKernel space: authoritative hooks for containerization - LinuxWorld
Working out the security consequences of containerization can be tricky: what if a user inside a container needs access to one hardware device, but isn't trusted to administer other hardware?
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