Security Lessons Automated detection and response to attacks
May 31, 2009Learn how to monitor and block attacks without lifting a finger.
more »Forensics in Freiburg Hacker trainer for law enforcement agents
Apr 30, 2009A former intrusion specialist is training a gathering of European law enforcement agents in how the bad guys work on the Internet. Contributing editor Markus Feilner stops in for a lesson in attack techniques.
more »Heightened Security: OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 1
Apr 02, 2009OpenSSL is approaching version 1.0: the first beta provides a few enhancements and the project is calling for tests.
more »Security Lessons Why you can't just disable JavaScript
Mar 31, 2009As ugly and hard to secure as JavaScript is, it could be worse – we could be using ActiveX.
more »Ratproxy The Ratproxy security scanner looks for vulnerabilities in web applications
Mar 31, 2009Google's Ratproxy is a free testing tool that searches for security problems in web applications.
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Google Summer of Code: Student applications now open
Mar 23, 2009Last week, Google unveiled the 150 mentoring organizations selected for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2009, and students can begin submitting applications now.
more »Adeona Open source laptop tracking and recovery
Feb 28, 2009If you use a laptop, you have a good chance of having it lost or stolen. Learn about Adeona, a reliable open source system that can help you locate your lost or stolen laptop.
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