TShark: Powerful Tool for Live and Archived Network Analysis
Tshark is actually part of the Wireshark package, and has some similar functionality. It does some cool stuff though so I thought it
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Boost Linux Security Using These 10 Vital Testing Tools Now
Linux admins rarely deal with one fixed system anymore. A single environment may include public-facing web apps, internal services, containers, cloud workloads, code repositories, and third-party packages pulled into production. That mix creates more...
New Rust Tool Traur Analyzes Arch Linux AUR Packages for Hidden Risks
Most of us have pulled something from the AUR because i...
Fedora 44 vs. Linux Kernel Exploits: Inside the Move to Strengthen Linux Security Settings
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Julian Assange's Impact on Journalism and Global Transparency
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has with his whistleblower website helped uncover some of the world's best hidden scandals, but he himself keeps much of his life shrouded in mystery.
SELinux Sandbox Talks by Dan Walsh at LinuxCon Event in 2023
SELinux is a great way to limit the access rights/roles on a Linux machine. But how do you limit CPU or memory usage of a given application? Red Hat engineer Dan Walsh has a solution that he calls SELinux Sandbox which he demoed at the LinuxCon conference today.
Impact Of New Tech On Password Weaknesses And Online Security
Bank accounts and personal information online are at greater risk than ever thanks to "hopelessly inadequate" passwords and brute force tactics used by hackers.
Combatting Social Engineering: Employee Training Strategies for Success
In the enterprise data security chain, human beings often prove to be the weakest link. Using social engineering tactics, thieves can frequently gain secret information about a company's systems simply by asking. To prevent this, not only must employees be trained, but systems must be changed to reinforce the policies employees have learned.
Ensuring App Security In E-Commerce Platforms For Customer Safety
Let's say you're in charge of the security of an online app store -- any app store will do, whether it be Apple's App Store, Android's Market, or even one of the many Linux app repositories. Your customers' computing safety depends to a large degree on the work you do.
Mozilla Bug Bounty Insights: Researchers Prefer Donations Over Cash
The open-source Mozilla project has been offering cash bounties for security bugs for six years now, but often bug finders simply turn down the cash.
Metasploit Expands Web Attack Features For Enhanced Security
A popular open-source Web application attack and audit framework is now under the umbrella of Rapid7, the vulnerability management company that purchased the Metasploit Project last year. The w3af project ultimately will bring more Web security features and functions to both the Metasploit tool and Rapid7's commercial NeXpose product.
WeakNet Linux IV: Tailored Security Distro for Testing and Forensics
WeakNet Linux is designed primarily for penetration testing, forensic analysis and other security tasks. WeakNet Linux IV was built from Ubuntu 9.10 which is a Debian based distro. All references to Ubuntu have been removed as the author completely re-compiled the kernel, removed all Ubuntu specific software which would cause the ISO to bloat, and used a non-Ubuntu-traditional Window Manager, with no DM.
US Secret Service Insight: Cyber Threat Trends and Insider Risks
Both types of attack have increased in the past year, according to the 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report in partnership with the US Secret Service. This is the first time private and commercial data has been combined in a data breach report, said Matthijs Van der Wel, head of the EMEA forensics team at Verizon Business.
Rackspace Launches OpenStack Project For Cloud Innovations
Rackspace announced the OpenStack project today, open sourcing much of the software it uses to run its own cloud. I spoke with Rackspace
Google Chrome: 7 Critical Exploit Fixes Ahead of Black Hat 2023
Just before the Black Hat security conference begins, Google has patched seven security holes in its stable version of Chrome and has begun an effort to speed up the software industry's response to such vulnerabilities.
Migrate From OpenSSO To OpenAM For Enhanced Authentication
A Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January. The company, ForgeRock, has released a new version of Sun's Open Single Sign On (OpenSSO) Enterprise software, called OpenAM, that adheres to the OpenSSO roadmap established by Sun.
Yahoo's Exploration Of Investment Opportunities In Creative Hackers
Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and technologies, a company executive said on Saturday. "We are open to many ways of having a stake in creative young companies," said Jeff Kinder, Yahoo
Symantec Report Highlights Surge in Shortened URL Spam and Risks
Symantec has released the July 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report which contains the usual interesting and relevant facts regarding trends in spam and malware. Of particular interest in this report, though, is the fact that attacks exploiting shortened URLs have skyrocketed, and that a new approach is needed to protect against the rising threat.
Google Increases Chromium Bug Bounty to $3133.70 for Critical Issues
Just four days after Mozilla announced it was increasing the bounty paid for critical security bugs in its software to $3,000, Google has upped the ante, saying that it will now pay $3133.70 for the most severe bugs researchers find in Chromium.
Investigating Teamwork Between Hackers at Panera Bread Locations
In a corner of a Panera Bread store, amid the clatter of dinner plates and orders recited over a warbling sound system, a group of men and a woman gathered last week, laptops open. They threw around terms like "botnets" and "onion routers" with ease, talked about microcontrollers and how to crack into a computer database should the need arise to test their own computer defenses.
New Features In Metasploit Framework 3.4.1: Enhanced Meterpreter Tools
The Metasploit Project is proud to announce the release of the Metasploit Framework version 3.4.1. This release sees the first official non-Windows Meterpreter payload, in PHP as discussed last month here.
Exploring Browser Flaws Discovered By Wu Shi: A Pioneering Researcher
Wu Shi, a security researcher in Shanghai, has become one of the world's top browser bug hunters. If tough love is the best way to fix the world's software, then Wu Shi may be one of the information security industry's unsung heroes.
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