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Software developers use Linux containers to save time and money, providing a mechanism to build much more manageable applications through development, testing and environments of implementation wit...

Corero Network Security identified a zero-day vulnerability in LDAP protocol that enables to amplify Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS) 50 times, making them much more effective and much...

Linux security expert Phil Oester discovered a privilege-escalation critical vulnerability affecting the Linux Kernel. This bug is called Dirty COW and identified as CVE-2016-5195 and although it h...

The different uses of UDS Enterprise connection broker, an interesting Open Source software for containers management in Unix OS and UDS Enterprise authentication system have been the most read top...

Security is one of the top concerns for many users, companies and organizations, that look for the best solutions to keep sensitive data safe. KeePassX is one of them, an Open Source application b...

UDS Enterprise, the multiplatform connection broker to deploy and manage virtual and physical desktops, applications and other Windows and Linux services, features a unique authentication system t...

As usual, today we collect the most read articles in our blog during the last weeks. We talk about application virtualization, remote desktop services and security regarding thin clients used for d...

Thin clients are one useful option for VDI access. Some of these devices don't require antimalware software, as they are secure enough by their own. But some others require extra protection in orde...

Google and Red Hat have been working together to release a patch for a bug in GNU C Library or glibc, used by most Linux applications, distros and devices. This vulnerability can be remotely exploi...

The choice of UDS Enterprise as best VDI tech and pricing proposal by a commitee comprised of experts from more than 20 Spanish universities, the video showing how application virtualization with U...

All companies must secure their networks with strong security systems, and small and medium-sized enterprises are no exception. But security is not incompatible with cost savings. Currently there a...

Our blog is getting more and more visits every day, many users interested in virtualization and Open Source read our posts to be up to date with these topics and with the news related to our sofwar...

New vulnerabilities emerge every day, threatening enterprise information security. In order to avoid data and devices getting infected, it is important to find them out early so they can be fixed a...

The first Kali Linux Rolling Edition is available after 5 months of testing, featuring the stability of Debian together with the latest versions of many outstanding penetration testing tools create...

Security experts have discovered a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH which affects versions from 5.4 to 7.1 and it allows attackers to steal encrypted private keys. A new OpenSSH version has been r...

The growth and improper use of domain administrator accounts is one of the major security threats to systems in Windows Active Directory (AD) domains. In order to avoid potential issues arising fro...

A botnet made up of Linux computers is generating over 150 Gbps per second denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), which are seriously threatening some companies, since they are much more powerful than i...

The US Government's IT pros rely on desktop virtualization to provide the end users with the appropiate tools for their work while guaranteeing security. These IT pros have usually to deal with to...

Nowadays, applications and mobile devices are the main working tools in many companies, and many employees carry out their professional tasks wherever and whenever. According to Forrester, mobile d...

With the wide variety of endpoints that exist today in the corporate environments, security is more important that ever, since, in addition, users are becoming increasingly more independent and it...

Data security is one of the issues that most concern companies when deciding about public or private cloud. Usually, organizations tend to be more skeptical with public cloud, but there are a num...