Just like with Windows, there are safe Linux practices that need to be adhered to with complete compliance. Here is the skinny on that…

Some security sins never change, but new threats offer new opportunities to make mistakes.

Not too long ago, SearchOpenSource.com talked to Bob Toxen, security consultant and author of “Real World Linux Security” about the “seven deadly sins” of Linux security.

What may be most surprising is not that this new list now includes more than the original seven sins, but that the first seven have remained intact even with millions if not billions of dollars poured into the security space by companies worldwide. [Read the rest]

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