Most people assume Linux is secure, and that’s a false assumption. Imagine your laptop is stolen without first being hardened. A thief would probably assume your username is “root” and your password ...

Linux and open source are also on track to become more secure in 2026, as the ecosystem simultaneously hardens the kernel, ...

Claim your complimentary eBook (worth $31.99) for free, before the offer expires today on Dec 15. From creating networks and servers to automating the entire working environment, Linux has been ...

These days, it's more important than ever to tighten up the security on your servers, yet if you were to look at several official hardening guides, they read as though they were written for Red Hat ...

Linux is an enterprise-grade operating system and is capable of the utmost security. However, many installations fall short because the out-of-the-box setup routines have to cater to the lowest common ...

Hardening Linux sets out to show average users how to secure a Linux server or desktop in a step-by-step manner. From the outset the book assumes you have installed a Red Hat or SuSE Linux server ...

Known primarily for aggressive performance tuning on consumer hardware, CachyOS has built a following among users who prioritise responsiveness, low latency and modern kernel features. The proposed ...

VMware offers several guides to how to harden virtual servers, but the primary ones say little about how to deal with some of the most critical issues. As I’ve discussed in previous blogs on ...

And, as Linux is generally a cornucopia of software - and as more and more "non-techie" people adopt Linux - this has to add up to bucket loads of web servers, mail servers, ftp servers and more which ...