Every now and again, technology companies make a deal that everyone likes. That’s the case with Canonical Ltd.’s new partnership with Linspire Inc., whereby the companies will share Linux operating system and software distribution technologies.

Source: Open-Source figures like the Ubuntu/Linspire partnership

Mozilla Corp. yesterday released the second alpha version of what will become its Firefox 3.0 Web browser. The release is the latest milestone in a plan to put the open-source browser in users’ hands during the second half of the year.

Source: Mozilla updates Firefox 3.0 preview

System-wide security solutions such as SELinux, AppArmor, Bastille and grsecurity can, in most cases, make your Linux desktop more than reasonably secure. But there are still cases where file or directory encryption is necessary. Here are some tools that can help you when you need to move files outside of your home computer, carry personal data around with you on a pendrive, or send email messages containing sensitive information.

Source: Enhance security with file encryption tools

A U.S. study suggests computer hackers try to gain access to computers every 39 seconds. University of Maryland researchers say their study is one of the first to quantify the near-constant rate of computer hacker attacks. Assistant Professor Michel Cukier and two of his graduate students, Daniel Ramsbrock and Robin Berthier, set up four Linux computers with weak security and then recorded hacker attacks. “The computers in our study were attacked, on average, 2,244 times a day,” said Cukier.

Source: Study Finds Hackers Hit Every 39 Seconds

Good luck trying to pinpoint the future renegade IT employees

Wipe that smirk off your face before I assume you’re going to bring down the network.
Most security and IT professionals probably agree by now that the biggest threat to their mission-critical systems are their fellow employees.

Source: itbusiness.ca

Red-faced officials at Canada’s nuclear safety watchdog on Thursday said they were probing how a hacker had managed to litter its official Web site with dozens of colour photographs of a nuclear explosion.

Source: ZDNet News