Move Over Storm - There's a Bigger, Stealthier Botnet in Town

 ( 240 days 22 hours ago)

LinuxSecurity.com: Researches have unearthed what they say is the biggest botnet ever. It comprises over 400,000 infected machines, more than twice the size of Storm, which was previously believed to be the largest zombie network.
Machines from at least 50 Fortune 500 companies have been observed to be running the malicious software that's at the heart of "Kraken," the botnet that security firm Damballa has been tracking for the last few weeks. So far, only about 20 percent of the anti-virus products out there are detecting the malware. Just as a con artist might throw off detectives by changing his hair color or other physical characteristics, Kraken's ability to morph its code base has allowed it to evade the majority of malware detectors.

2008 SELinux Developer Summit Call for Participation

 ( 240 days 22 hours ago)

LinuxSecurity.com: The SELinux Developer Summit will be a one day summit intended to provide a forum for focused technical discussion regarding current and future development plans for SELinux and related Flask/TE projects. The intended audience will consist of current SELinux developers, system/security administrators, distribution organizers/packagers, and power users. The format will be a mix of presentations and moderated discussion, including a panel where attendees will be invited to submit questions and feedback. The SELinux Developer Summit is looking for people to take part in the action. Will you be one of them?

Cisco Expands Self-Defending Network, Strengthens Its Role In IT Risk Management for Security and Compliance

 ( 240 days 22 hours ago)

SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 8, 2008 - With a focus aimed squarely on meeting customers' growing corporate IT risk management needs for security and compliance, Cisco today announced a number of enhancements across its portfolio that evolve the company's Self-Defending Network solution from network security offerings into a broader systems approach that strengthens the overall protection of networks as well as the increasingly diverse number of endpoints, applications, and content that utilize ...