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Ubuntu 24.04 Security Enhancements Analyzed

The release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, also known as Noble Numbat, brings various security enhancements and exciting new features. These improvements include unprivileged user namespace restrictions, binary hardening, AppArmor 4, disabling old TLS versions...
Apr 25, 2024
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Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS Beta Released with Enhanced Security & Performance

Canonical has recently announced the Beta release of Ub...
Apr 15, 2024
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Fedora 40 Released with Impressive Speed & New Security Features

Fedora 40, the newest version of the Fedora operating s...
Apr 24, 2024
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Linux Worm Creating P2P Attack Network

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A new worm that attacks Linux Web servers has compromised more than 3,500 machines, creating a rogue peer-to-peer network that has been used to attack other computers with a flood of data, security experts said Saturday. The worm seems to . . .

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Stunnel 4.00 Builds on Prior Success

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The recent release of Stunnel version 4.00 picks up where previous versions left off by improving encryptions capabilities and simplifying installation and configuration. Late last week, the newest version of Stunnel[1], the secure SSL wrapper, was released. Stunnel encapsulates cleartext protocols . . .

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Intel Launches 'LaGrande' Security Plan

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Launching its own initiative to thwart hackers, Intel Corp. on Monday unveiled a new security initiative, code-named LaGrande Technology, that it will integrate into future processors and chip sets to stymie efforts to steal data. While many computer users rely . . .

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Protect Wireless LANs

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Securing wireless LANs isn't easy. Just ask any network manager who has the task of adding another way to authenticate users to yet another networked device. Funk Software Inc. this week is expected to reveal enhanced versions of its Odyssey Server and Steel-Belted Radius Enterprise Edition wireless authentication applications.. . .

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Password guessing games with Check Point firewall

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Security researchers have discovered two potentially serious flaws with Check Point's flagship FireWall-1 firewall which give rise to both username guessing and sniffing issues. First, affected versions permit attackers to determine if a firewall username is valid without having to . . .

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Apache Flaw Leaves Server Wide Open

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Although this problem doesn't affect UNIX and Linux variants, it does apply to more than just Microsoft Windows platforms. You should check it out even if you are running NetWare or OS/2 (both of which are definitely vulnerable) or any other . . .

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Website Security Flaw Costs ZD

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"It used to be enough just to patch security problems, apologize and get on with business. But this case shows that (regulators) are now watching, and if you get burned, you may have a lawsuit on your hands," said Greg Shipley, chief technology officer of Neohapsis, a Chicago-based information security company that assisted the New York authorities on the case.. . .

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Lobbying for Insecurity

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The U.S. National Security Agency's contribution to open-source security, Security-Enhanced Linux, found broad approval and support in geek forums from Wired News to Slashdot that are typically suspicious of the government. . .

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PGP Is Back!

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Phil Zimmermann's PGP is back in the hands of an independent company, after Network Associates agreed to sell the technology it mothballed back in March to a start-up specially created to market PGP. . .

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Secure Linux OS Seeks Global Dominance

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The scarcity of security companies peddling enterprise-class wares at LinuxWorld could mean that the job of making Linux definitively more secure than its proprietary counterparts will owe more to initiatives in Washington, DC, than Silicon Valley innovations. . .

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Flash Flooded By Security Flaws

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Macromedia has warned that its Flash Player, a ubiquitous application for playing multimedia files, has a vulnerability that could allow attackers to run malicious code on Windows and Unix-based operating systems. . .

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SSL defeated in IE and Konqueror

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A colossal stuff-up in Microsoft's and KDE's implementation of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate handling makes it possible for anyone with a valid VeriSign SSL site certificate to forge any other VeriSign SSL site certificate, and abuse hapless Konqueror and Internet Explorer users with. . .

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Bell Labs Unveils New Authentication Software

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The software, which the company said will not require a Web site to alter its existing authentication process, works with Linux, Solaris, Unix and Windows, among other operating systems. The software, which the company said will not require a Web site to alter its existing authentication process, was originally written for the Plan 9 operating system, a Unix-like OS. However, it works with a host of other operating systems as well, including Linux, Solaris, Unix and Windows.. . .

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NMap 3.00 Released

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Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host operating system identification). Nmap also offers . . .

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OpenSSH trojaned!

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Copies of OpenSSH packages on popular download sites have been trojaned, developers have warned. Overnight it was realised that the tarball for OpenSSH 3.4p1 on the main openBSD (ftp.openbsd.org) mirror was compromised, after developers noticed that the checksum of the . . .

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OpenSSH Trojaned

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OpenSSH was trojaned yesterday. There is not little authoritative information on the situation. What is known is that the original file was exchanged with a trojaned file and was discovered because it had a different MD5 checksum. . .

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