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Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:06:10 +0000

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QuickHeal Security

Cryptocurrency mining rampage throttles Linux machines – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

May 22, 2018 admin cryptocurrency, linux, malware, Mining, monero, Security

Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 11:44:28 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a Linux-based Monero (XMR) miner. Monero (XMR) is one of the top 15 cryptocurrencies. It can be mined easily on any machine using its CPU computation power. This is one of the reasons why it is preferred to Bitcoin or Ethereum which are…

QuickHeal Security

Cryptocurrency mining rampage throttles Linux machines

May 22, 2018 admin cryptocurrency, linux, malware, Mining, monero, Security

Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 11:44:28 +0000

ComputerWorld Independent

Why Linux is better than Windows or macOS for security

February 6, 2018 admin linux, Operating Systems, Security

Credit to Author: Dave Taylor| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 03:31:00 -0800

Enterprises invest a lot of time, effort and money in keeping their systems secure. The most security-conscious might have a security operations center. They of course use firewalls and antivirus tools. They probably spend a lot of time monitoring their networks, looking for telltale anomalies that could indicate a breach. What with IDS, SIEM and NGFWs, they deploy a veritable alphabet of defenses.

But how many have given much thought to one of the cornerstones of their digital operations: the operating systems deployed on the workforce’s PCs? Was security even a factor when the desktop OS was selected?

This raises a question that every IT person should be able to answer: Which operating system is the most secure for general deployment?

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MalwareBytes Security

All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm yourself against them

November 1, 2017 admin 101, Android, Card skimming, contactless card fraud, cyberbullying, How-tos, linux, Mac OS, malware

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:15:18 +0000

News of attacks come and go so fast, sometimes it’s hard to keep track. We’ve done the work for you, sifting through scores of reports to bring you a compilation of digital crimes that are on the rise and what you can do to protect yourself.

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Tags: Android card skimming contactless card fraud cyberbullying linux Mac OS malware

ComputerWorld Independent

Step aside, Windows! Open source and Linux are IT’s new security headache

October 6, 2017 admin cyberattacks, linux, Security

Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:20:00 -0700

Windows has long been the world’s biggest malware draw, exploited for decades by attackers. It continues today: The Carbon Black security firm analyzed 1,000 ransomware samples over the last six months and found that nearly 99% of them targeted Windows.

That’s not news for IT administrators, of course. But this might be: Linux and other open-source software are emerging as serious malware targets. Several recent highly publicized attacks exploit holes in open-source software that many enterprise admins once considered solidly safe.

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Independent MotherBoard Security