Embedded security systems leader Discretix, today announced that it will be exhibiting its Multi-Scheme DRM Client, pre-integrated with the embedded Linux platform at TrollTech’s booth at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. Mobile DRM adds significant value to devices equipped with the Linux operating system, by establishing a trusted environment for the distribution and consumption of various types of premium content.

TrueCrypt may come as an ideal solution for those wishing to secure any personal data from their PC. Installing it only takes a few minutes and might help you avoid some most unpleasant situation like financial fraud or other. What TrueCrypt does is creating a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounting it as a real disk. The encrypted file system works with Linux and Windows and offers the advantage of both portability and file recovery if the system crashes.

BitDefender’s Security for Mail Servers and BitDefender Security for Samba have been approved for compliance with Red Hat’s  and Novell’s Linux operating systems.

This compliance ensures current and future users that BitDefender’s security solutions are compatible on Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as Novell’s SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. Under the agreements, BitDefender Security for Mail Servers and BitDefender Security for Samba will be available on Red Hat’s ISV catalog and on Novell’s Technology Partners website.

For a few years now, the Linux vs. Microsoft battle has entered a peaceful era with more and more Linux companies signing peace-deals with the evil Redmond giant. However, not everybody is cheap these days and there are a couple of Linux companies that responded with a clear "Hell NO!" to any deal Microsoft offered them.

A Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application for Linux servers.

ConfigServer Firewall (csf) is a SPI iptables firewall that may not be as complicated and comprehensive as others, but is straight-forward, easy and flexible to configure and secure with more checks to ensure smooth operation.

German mobile security specialist IICS has announced what it claims is the world's first Smart Card that fits into a microSD slot. Supporting Linux-based mobile and embedded devices, the "Certgate" incorporates 2048-bit RSA encryption and 512 MB or 1 GB of user-accessible memory, the company says.

If your MTA happens to be Sendmail or Postfix, now you can use a new anti-spam filter called NEWT : Neutralize Email-Web Threats. Avinti's NEWT is very efficient against blended threat emails which make over 22% of all malware attacks.

Blended threat emails launch their attack by displaying the URL of a website which hosts malware. This way the classic antivirus email filters are bypassed and you, the user reading the poison - carrier email are still at risk.

Firestarter is an Open Source visual firewall program. The software aims to combine ease of use with powerful features, therefore serving both Linux desktop users and system administrators.

The authors strongly believe that your job is to make the high level security policy decisions and the tools's role is to take care of the underlying details. This is a departure from your typical Linux firewall, which has traditionally required arcane implementation specific knowledge.

The Gentoo Project was forced to pull the plug on major section of it’s website as soon as they found out that the systems were vulnerable to a command injection attack. This vulnerability might let an attacker remotely execute commands on the compromised servers.

Many users trying to access Gentoo Archives and other 7 areas of gentoo.org are welcomed with a message of unavailability. The Gentoo administrators were urged to take the servers offline in order to prevent further exploits and to allow forensic analysis.

BMW AG and Siemens Corp. today became the latest customers to take
advantage of the collaboration between Microsoft Corp. and Novell that
enables IT interoperability in mixed-source environments.


As part of the five-year Microsoft-Novell agreement, announced Nov. 2, 2006, Microsoft can make subscription certificates available for customers to redeem to receive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server support services directly from Novell.