Discretix, the leading provider of embedded security and DRM (Digital Rights Management) solutions, and MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced a partnership aimed at bringing a new class of multi-scheme digital rights management protection to the mobile Linux device category. The two companies have demonstrated the integration of MontaVista Linux and Discretix CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) November 19-21 at Embedded Technology 2008 in Yokohama, Japan.

CoSoSys announced today the release of its latest version of Endpoint Protector 2008 which features support for Red Hat Linux 5 and Fedora 9 as server operating systems. The new version comes to support CoSoSys' ongoing effort to include a wider range of Linux distributions to better adapt to varying hardware requirements of companies around the world.

R1Soft®, developer of Continuous Data Protection®, today announced the upcoming release of a free beta version of Hot Copy for Linux, a new command line utility that takes instant, readable and writable snapshots of disks or volumes on any Linux server, providing an unprecedented level of flexibility for IT administrators.

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, will offer discounted certification exams at LinuxWorld Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 12 - 13, 2008 for their popular LPIC-1, LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 certification programs. In addition "beta" exams for the new LPIC-3 "Security" elective will be offered free to participating LPIC alumni interested in assisting with the development of this enterprise-level speciality exam.

Norman's SandBox technology continues to lead the fight against malware, helping security experts more quickly and accurately mitigate security threats. As security challengesbecome more complex, Norman's tools are evolving to make analysis and reverse engineering tasks in security labs straightforward and more efficient. The latest update to the Norman SandBox products will save our users even more time from processing malware samples.

Tresys Technology, a provider of technology and services for customers with high security requirements, today announces it has donated hosting for the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) upstream repository. The repository provides a central point for the development of SELinux and serves as the foundation for the integration of SELinux features into all major Linux distributions. It contains the source code and related resources for SELinux.

The Computing Technology Industry Association  (CompTIA), the leading provider of vendor-neutral certifications for the world’s technology workforce, today announced it will soon begin the process of updating its CompTIA Linux+ certification.

In this webinar David Maxwell, Coverity's open source strategist as well as an open source developer on the NetBSD project as he reviews how the open source projects at the Scan site have leveraged static analysis to improve their code.

By the means of a zero-day vulnerability in Apple's Safari 3.1 Web browser, the team of researches from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), was able to hack a MacBook Air in two minutes. There’s no way this  can be auspicious for Mac OS X's status regarding security.

The U.S. National Security Agency has released its own version of the open-source computer operating system Linux, which offers enhanced security for users.