Linux Security News

New LynxSecure 5.0 Separation Kernel and Hypervisor Dedicated To Increased Performance and Virtualization

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:04:11 -0600

LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in the embedded and security software market, today announced availability of LynxSecure 5.0. This new release of the award-winning LynxSecure separation kernel and hypervisor adds significant performance increases for fully virtualized guest operating systems (OSes) by utilizing new hardware technologies, and offering 64-bit and Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP) guest OS virtualization support.

Cross-Platform Application Whitelisting Coverage for Mac, Linux and Windows by CoreTrace

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:37:59 -0600

CoreTrace, today announced the industry's first enterprise-ready application whitelisting solution for Mac and Linux endpoints. The company's award-winning BOUNCER 6 product is the only solution that provides application whitelisting's three key benefits -- advanced threat prevention, configuration control, and application intelligence -- on the three major platforms of Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Free Antispam for Linux Mail Servers From BitDefender

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:19:49 -0600

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, today announced the release of Free Antispam for Linux Mail Servers, which uses the same antispam engines that earned BitDefender a perfect track record, with 9 VBSpam Awards in periodic tests run by the prestigious Virus Bulletin.

New SUSE Cloud Program on Amazon Web Services

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:12:30 -0500

Novell today announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will offer hourly based pricing and support for SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server. Customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) of all sizes will have the ability to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) paying only for the hours they use.

Cloud Linux Inc. Releases SecureLVE, An Extension of CloudLinuxs Lightweight Virtual Environment

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:33:55 -0500

Cloud Linux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, today announces the release of SecureLVE, an extension of CloudLinuxs Lightweight Virtual Environment technology which creates a higher level of security for shared hosting servers. SecureLVE provides a virtualized file system, which separates each user on the server into its own virtual environment, preventing one user from seeing any other users on the server. This new server security makes it difficult for hackers to attack, deface, or steal data from the shared web server.

Open-Source Email Security Taken To The Next Level at WebhostingDay

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:49:34 -0500

Open-source security infrastructure can be taken to the next step by augmenting it with commercial solutions, according to Gabriel Mizrahi, vice president technologies at Commtouch(R). Mr. Mizrahi will be speaking about this subject at WebhostingDay this week in Cologne, Germany.

OpenVAS, the New Open Source Vulnerability Scanner

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:53:17 -0600

On December 18th, 2009, the OpenVAS developer team released OpenVAS 3.0.0. The release introduces new features and a new architecture which forms the basis for turning the vulnerability scanner into a vulnerability management solution.

New! FreeBSD Version 8.0 Out Now !

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:53:37 -0600

The FreeBSD Project has announced the release of FreeBSD® Version 8.0. This next major release branch of FreeBSD delivers a large number of new technologies into the hands of an ever-increasing number of users. Key release focuses include wireless networking, virtualization, and storage technology.

NO JOKE : Microsoft Contributes Proprietary Code to Linux Community

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:31:57 -0500

Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

New Release of Djigzo Open Source Email Encryption Gateway

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:13:17 -0500

This is the second upgrade of Djigzo open source email encryption gateway. This new release adds a Certificate Authority module that enables secure creation and distribution of certificates to customers and other email contacts. Certificates can be easily imported into any mail client.