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Firefox 3: A look at its new security features

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com

Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular Web browsers around today. But what does the Mozilla team have in store for us along security lines?

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Why proprietary code is bad for security

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Tho Skype is using an encrypted protocol, it’s still their own, non-disclosed code and property. So we don’t know what it contains. The same is true for many network products of big vendors like Cisco and the like - and they are everywhere in between you and your communication partner, be it email, phone, or anything else.

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Tiny Linux security device gains online knowledge base

http://www.linuxdevices.com

Linux security device maker Yoggie has launched a knowledge base to support its small-formfactor ARM-based hardware firewall products. The Yoggie Knowledge Base uses an FAQ (frequently asked questions) format, and currently has about 40 questions that reveal interesting details about Yoggie's tiny firewalls.

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Zero-Day Browser Exploits, Part 2: The Continuing Debate

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The debate rages over whether open source browsers such as Firefox and Konqueror provide better zero-day attack protection than proprietary browsers such as Microsoft's Latest News about Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) and Opera Software's Opera browser.

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Fewer flaws FUD wars as Microsoft paints misleading picture of Linux security

http://www.daniweb.com

Microsoft security 'vulnerability scorecard' gives false impression of OS security, suggesting Windows is the most secure of all. Of course, start to look behind the pretty graphs and the ugly truth emerges that this is just more Microsoft FUD to try and derail the free software machine.

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Open Source Security, Part 2: 10 Great Apps

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Having many more eyes watching the code and a community of developers backing up users, open source security applications provide a wide range of options and made-to-order uses. Here's a list of 10 serious open source security applications, gathered via the word-of-mouth of the CSOs who use them.

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Researchers Warn of Ajax Attacks

http://www.linuxinsider.com

Companies that have used Asynchronous JavaScript and XML to jazz up corporate Web sites may be dangerously vulnerable to a variety of Web-based threats, warned researchers at the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas this month. Billy Hoffman of SPI Dynamics said at the conference that many corporate Web developers are not paying attention to fundamental Ajax security issues.

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How a Linux Server Gets Turned into a Zombie

http://www.schneier.com

This article describes the forensic analysis of a cracked server. The analysis process is describe in quite detail.

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Safeguarding Ubuntu

http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com

Closing some of Ubuntu open ports

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Where can I download a free firewall?

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Free firewalls have become very common and represent an excellent alternative to commercial firewall packages. Most of these firewalls run under some form of Linux, FreeBSD, or OpenBSD. Many of these free firewalls are front-ends for lower-level firewall packages such as pf, iptables, and ipchains.

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Mozilla rushes out second Firefox patch this month

http://www.linuxworld.com

Mozilla has patched a pair of nasty flaws in its Firefox browser, two weeks after security researchers first started posting code that showed how the flaws could be exploited in attacks.

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Blackhat Training instructor denied entry into US

http://www.linux.com

"Halvar Flake was scheduled to teach a class on computer security entitled Analyzing Software for Security Vulnerabilities today and tomorrow at Blackhat Training in Las Vegas. Instead, US customs officials cross-examined him for nearly five hours, then decided not to allow him into the country and put him on a plane back to Germany."

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Hackers find serious problems in California voting machines

http://www.tgdaily.com

"A new California study has found that several electronic voting machines have serious security vulnerabilities. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen commissioned the study which pitted two hacker teams, better known as “Red Teams” against voting machines manufactured by Diebold, Hart and Sequoia."

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Researcher publishes attack code for Mozilla flaw

http://www.linuxworld.com

Mozilla is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim's machine.

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Mozilla Firefox Still At Risk

http://news.earthweb.com

Sometimes you get the flaw fixed right the first time and sometimes you don't. For Mozilla, apparently they have not properly fixed at least two types of flaws which they previously claimed to have fixed.

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