There’s been a lot of talk about the DNS vulnerability (CVE-2008-1447) discovered by Dan Kaminsky. The exploit, as detailed by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Database, allows remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic enabling the poisoning of DNS caches in order to send systems to malicious websites. This greatly increases the risk of phishing attacks [...]
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DNS attack in the wild
31Jul08USB Linux Firewall
03Mar08I came across a short article in last month’s (IN)SECURE magazine about a USB based firewall. If you have never read (IN)SECURE, it’s a very informative PDF based security magazine available for free. It mentions a USB based, Linux powered firewall and IDS solution for laptops called the Yoggie Firestick Pico. It promises to be a [...]
A survey by Evans Data of more than 400 developers and IT managers in North America found that the number of developers targeting Windows for their applications declined by 12% from a year ago, while Linux development rose by 34%.
However, Windows development still forms the majority of the market at 64.8%, and Linux development only [...]
Linux blasts into space
03Jul07Wind River Systems, Inc. has been selected by Honeywell Aerospace to support the development of NASA’s New Millennium Program Space Technology 8 (ST8) Dependable Multiprocessor. The contract marks the first time a Linux platform has been selected by Honeywell for a space mission.
Reported by TechNews.
