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 | from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide Happy Memorial Day to those of you in the United States. I realize that a good portion of my regular readers are off having family barbecues and swimming at the lake today, but hopefully you'll check out what's new in network security once you get back to the grind. This week I posted a short blurb about LinuxShield, the new Linux antivirus from McAfee, and a review of the book Network Security Assessment by Chris McNab. Mac OS X users should also check out the news about critical vulnerabilities in that operating system. | ||||
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| Book Review: Network Security Assessment Chris McNab has written a great addition to the hacker technique and defense genre of books. Whereas books like Hacking Exposed, which defines this category of books and constantly sets the bar for other authors, provide a vast compendium of...read more |
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| Is Your Apple Rotten? The Mac OS X operating system is almost undeniably one of the most stable and secure out there. However, even being one of the most secure doesn't mean that it is invulnerable. A recent flaw is considered to be exceptionally...read more |
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| McAfee Releases Linux Antivirus Software There are very few malware threats that actually infect or affect a Unix or Linux machine. The vast majority of malware targets Windows systems- partially because they seem to be easier targets and partially because there are so many more of them to target. However, many companies use Unix and Linux machines as servers in a variety of capacities including as fileshare servers...read more |
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