Seen that? - Improving Linux Security using Bastille

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Improving Linux Security using Bastille HackITLinux

We all know that Linux is one of the most secure modern operating systems available in the market today. However, it is still possible to improve or "harden" its security and this is where Bastille Linux comes in. The Bastille Hardening program "locks down" an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly [...] Read More


Windows VS. Linux Security Report HackITLinux

Perhaps the most oft-repeated myth regarding Windows vs. Linux security is the claim that Windows has more incidents of viruses, worms, Trojans and other problems because malicious hackers tend to confine their activities to breaking into the software with the largest installed base. This reasoning is applied to defend Windows and Windows applications. Windows dominates the desktop; therefore Windows and Windows applications are the focus of the most attacks, which [...] Read More


Hardening Linux HackITLinux

If only we can have a huge wall like China's Great Wall to protect us from security breaches, then we'd all be sleeping soundly every night. Unfortunately, there isn't one available but we can always try to prevent breaches by hardening our computer system. Bastille Linux is one way to harden your system but adding a kernel-level hardening scheme pushes it a notch higher. This is where LinuxSecurity.com comes in [...] Read More


Linux ain't Linux The CIO Weblog

Although Linux devotees, by virtue of their oppressed minority status in the enterprise software market, have been forced to band together in the public sphere and make common cause against the dark forces of proprietary, closed-source software. All this merry singing and hand-holding has eclipsed the fact, to the general public, that in fact there are quite a number of different permutations of Linux out there, each with its own [...] Read More


Linux Apache Servers Under Attack I got Spam?!

A large scale attack is occurring against Linux Apache web servers. According to Don Jackson, a senior researcher at SecureWorks, the attack has been successful because it uses an automated password and installation process. He says the attack has hit at least 10,000 servers. "The Web server ends up serving up vulnerabilities from 2006 related to Windows malware," Jackson told Network World. "The whole attack is very mysterious. It's based on [...] Read More