LinuxSecurity.com: New php packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. [More Info...]

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LinuxSecurity.com: Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having [More...]

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome.

LinuxSecurity.com: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. CVE-2013-2855 [More...]

LinuxSecurity.com: Jibbers McGee discovered that pymongo, a high-performance schema-free document-oriented data store, is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker can remotely trigger a NULL pointer dereference causing MongoDB [More...]

Yesterday, we learned that the NSA received all calling records from Verizon customers for a three-month period starting in April. That's everything except the voice content: who called who, where they were, how long the call lasted -- for millions of people, both Americans and foreigners. This "metadata" allows the government to track the movements of everyone during that period,...

LinuxSecurity.com: Yesterday, we learned that the NSA received all calling records from Verizon customers for a three-month period starting in April. That's everything except the voice content: who called who, where they were, how long the call lasted -- for millions of people, both Americans and foreigners.

LinuxSecurity.com: Just how committed are Linux users to their operating system? Would they ever switch back? That depends who you ask. "I could see myself switching to BSD," offered Chris Travers, a blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project. "I have found hardware support remarkably unreliable on Linux." Of course, that's "part and parcel of the constructive chaos that is Linux," he said.

LinuxSecurity.com: The National Security Agency's massive data gathering from the world's largest Internet companies could bolster arguments that the United States should have less control over the Internet, an expert says.

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that applications using the mesa library, a free implementation of the OpenGL API, may crash or execute arbitrary code due to an out of bounds memory access in the library. This vulnerability only affects systems with Intel chipsets. [More...]

LinuxSecurity.com: Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, a version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: [More...]

It now appears that the National Security Agency's (NSA's) reach extends beyond just Verizon's call records.......

According to a document obtained by The Guardian, the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued an order forcing Verizon to provide the NSA metadata on all calls made through its systems over the three-month period between April 25 and July 19 2013.......

Microsoft and the FBI worked together to take down the Citadel botnet, which is believed to have been instrumental in an estimated US $500 million in thefts from online bank accounts.......

In a coordinated effort, authorities in the US, the UK, and Vietnam have shut down a carder forum known as Mattfeuter, which was the starting point for 1.......

On Tuesday, June 11, Microsoft plans to issue five security bulletins to address a total of 23 vulnerabilities.......

Draft legislation from Spain's ministry of justice would give police the authority to remotely install spyware on computers, storage devices, and mobile devices being used by suspected criminals.......

Police in California are asking for the public's help regarding a rash of car break-ins in which the thieves used an unidentified electronic device to unlock the vehicles.......

US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would punish foreign hackers who steal sensitive data.......