Linux users and indeed the users of any networked computer system need to be vigilant with regards to hacking and phishing attacks.

Internet security becomes increasingly important as information of a sensitive nature is more frequently stored online. There are many precautionary tactics to ensure the safety of your internet data.

Here is a compilation of some of the most frequent types of attack you may come across on modern computer systems.

You don’t need expensive proprietary tools to practice the craft of computer forensics.

Nagios monitors your network and provides early warning for problems with hosts and services.

If you can’t monitor everything yourself, why not let your computers watch your computers? This month we examine some practical techniques for network monitoring.

We'll show you how the lessons learned in the 1980s movie "The Karate Kid" can be applied to securing your systems.

Kurt Seifried explains how you can safely play with your systems in the security of a sandbox.

Internet intruders have many ingenious ways of escalating privileges and hiding their presence once they get inside your system. The best protection is to keep them out in the cold.

Astaro Corporation, a leading manufacturer of unified threat management (UTM) security appliances, today announced the beta availability of version 7.1 of its Astaro Security Gateway software appliance. The latest release of Astaro's
security platform offers a range of innovations, including advanced web filtering based on a new HTTP proxy which allows for extended functionality and performance improvements. Astaro has also launched its new beta program for Astaro Security Gateway.