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Linux Foundation infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are again down for maintenance due to a security breach that was discovered on September 8, 2011. Investigators yet can’t elaborate the source of attack. Regarding coming back online , Linux.com says “Our team is working around the clock to restore these important services. We are working with authorities and exercising both extreme caution and diligence. Services will begin coming back online in the coming days and will keep you informed every step of the way.” The added “We are in the process of restoring services in a secure manner as quickly as possible. As with any intrusion and as a matter of caution, you should consider the passwords and SSH keys that you have used on these sites compromised. If you have reused these passwords on other sites, please change them immediately. We are currently auditing all systems and will update this statement when we have more information.”

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As US senators mull over the SOPA(Stopping Online Piracy Act) and PIPA(Protecting Intellectual Property Act) bills, the world stands witness to a historic moment. Almost all big IT companies like Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, Mozilla, Godaddy, etc are speaking in one unanimous voice against SOPA and Internet Censorship. The draconian provisions of SOPA/PIPA are bound to create the deathbed of internet freedom and free speech, and if a careful reading of the proposed legislation is done, one realizes that it is likely to have the same impact on India

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More than 800 members is on Facebook. Making social networking site Facebook as the world’s largest. In addition to the large member, Internet criminals are also interested in the existence of Facebook.
Facebook members should be ready to receive spam every day. 20% risk of malware attacks and 600 thousand pirated accounts reportedly used every day.
How to cope with attacks on Facebook. Can be started from a few tips below.
Use strong passwords with a combination of numbers and letters long.
Never accept an unknown friend.
Remember always your friends who do the sharing and sending messages to you.
Enable HTTPS feature of the settings in Facebook.
Do not click unnecessary links or unclear.
Download Free Security software is also software for security.

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Win32/Ramnit virus penetrated into networking site Facebook. Win32/Ramnit virus has managed to steal more than 45 thousand Facebook members login worldwide. The majority are exposed to the virus in England and France. Win32/Ramnit brought some parts of other malware to infect Windows systems.
Win32/Ramnit found in April 2010 as a category of Malware. Microsoft Malware Protection Center attack portray Ramnit Windows executable file (EXE), SCR, DLL and HTML, then steal important data and store data FTP and browser cookies.

July 2011, a report from Symantec estimates Ramnit new variants appear. August 2011 from Tusteer mention, Ramnit designed to steal financial data. During September to December 2011, an estimated 800 thousand computers have been infected Ramnit. Varian Ramnit re-emerged, allegedly targeting a Facebook account as a member login.


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The BackBox team is proud to announce the release 2.01 of BackBox Linux.The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. The ISO images (32bit & 64bit) can be downloaded from the following location: http://www.backbox.org/downloads

What’s new

System upgrade
Performance boost
New look
Improved start menu

Bug corrections

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For you who longing for free Android antivirus, this is an exciting THN news for you. Avast, one of the famous antivirus vendors, now has launched Android Antivirus you can use for free! This Antivirus mobile is named Avast Mobile Security.
Avast Free Mobile Security supports a number of features that are usually available only in paid-for Android security software. These include privacy reports, call and SMS filtering, SIM-card change notifications, firewall and application management.
By using Avast Mobile Security in your Android phone, your cell phone will be protected from virus, threat, hacker, even it’s able to minimize your loss if your Android cell phone is stolen. The antivirus component supports real-time protection and automatic updates. Updates can be configured to only be downloaded over certain types of connections and the interface can be protected with a password.

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