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The TDL4 rootkit is currently the most technically sophisticated piece of malware in existence. Our expert takes it apart piece by piece.
An online banking trojan has penetrated the system deeply, but a memory analysis still finds it.
When the boss's computer opens confidential emails remotely as if haunted, it is time to call the ghost busters or, even better, a professional forensic IT investigator.
The H's online service to help Windows users check installed programs are up to date and do not have known security vulnerabilities.
Can Canonical learn the lesson that Red Hat and SUSE learned? When trying to establish bigger projects, doing it with only your own distribution can be difficult and often unwise.
What does it take to open up a proprietary application and make it a successful open source project? To answer this, Glyn Moody takes a look at some prominent successes and failures and identifies the best practices.
Version 3.3 of the Linux kernel offers another way to team multiple Ethernet devices. Support for "Open vSwitch", a virtual network switch that was specifically developed for virtualised environments, has also been added. Byte Queue Limits are designed to reduce the latencies that cause the much-discussed "buffer bloat"
Linux 3.3 can change the size of ext4 filesystems faster and supports ACPI 5.0, LPAE for ARM processors, Ethernet teaming and hot replace for software RAID. Meanwhile, the end for Linux 3.1, and "Linux Ate My RAM" explained.
Ubuntu on your TV, Android running your refrigerator. Glyn Moody looks at some of the developments announced at the recent Consumer Electronic Show and explains how Linux is the natural choice for intelligent appliances.
GNOME shell extensions can be used to enchance the often criticised GNOME 3 interface - or even give it a GNOME 2 feel.
Improvements to the Ext4 filesystem, network code optimisations and thin provisioning support in the Device Mapper are some of the major improvements in Linux 3.2. Further additions include new and improved drivers - for example, for graphics hardware by Intel and NVIDIA, as well as Wi-Fi components by Atheros and Broadcom.
Ubuntu has come a long way since Mark Shuttleworth was inspired to create the Debian-based distribution in 2004, however, after seven years of success, a release is now being greeted with less than universal acclaim. Richard Hillesley looks at the history of Ubuntu and whether the Unity gamble will pay off.
If a commercial online RPG's forum is taken down, it should set alarm bells ringing. Once the server is back up and running, it's time to set about tracking down the perpetrators.
