As of last weekend, it has become a crime in Germany to build, sell, obtain or distribute so-called "hacking tools", which experts say will damage overall computer security by severely curtailing legitimate research and analysis, and prevent "good" hackers from discovering and plugging system security holes.
A university systems engineer in Wisconsin is giving hackers until Friday to break into his Mac.
The source code of one of the world's most popular free security tools will no longer be available to all, with its creator stating its open source licence was fuelling competition against his company
Security experts have warned that vulnerability assessment worms, which assess computers for security flaws and relay the information back to the author, are likely to become more of a threat.
In three months, Microsoft users will finally reap benefits from the company's new focus on security. The release of the second major update to Windows XP answers many long-standing design criticisms of its operating system.
The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/Unix systems.
Security is like an onion: getting to the heart of it makes people cry a lot. But in order to protect your systems, security vendors are now recommending an onion-like multilayered approach.
Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.
The Linux community could benefit by taking a page from Microsoft's security playbook, says CNET News.com's Robert Lemos.
If you want to level the playing field with hackers, you need to be able to look at your network's vulnerabilities in the same way they do.
Security-conscious companies with limited budgets and small IT staffs should consider Axent Technologies VelociRaptor firewall appliance to provide powerful network security with straightforward setup and management.
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