Tag: "security"

Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL from rebooting a Linux machine
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Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL from rebooting a Linux machine

In normal hardening techniques one should in an enterprise setting always disable the usage of CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot a Linux Machine. This key sequence is [ continue reading... ]

Warning: Change your Google Account Password
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Warning: Change your Google Account Password

Today my gmail account was commandeered by a spammer, and spam emails were sent from it to many mailing lists, along with all my contacts. [ continue reading... ]

KDE KDM Vulnerability Elevation of Privilage
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KDE KDM Vulnerability Elevation of Privilage

Sebastian Krahmer from the SUSE Security team has found a vulnerability in KDM which will allow a local user to elevate their privileges to root [ continue reading... ]

Are you a Security Admin? Don’t follow this guys foot steps
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Are you a Security Admin? Don’t follow this guys foot steps

Don’t follow the footsteps of Dorin Lucian Dehelean, 37, an employee of UGA. fence company . jewelry stores . Ajc.com reported that Dorin, who was [ continue reading... ]

VMSA-2010-0002 VMware vCenter update release addresses multiple security issues in Java JR
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VMSA-2010-0002 VMware vCenter update release addresses multiple security issues in Java JR

VMware recently sent out the following vCenter security announcement:1. Summary Updated Java JRE packages address several security issues.2. Relevant releases Virtual Center 2.5 before Update [ continue reading... ]

Microsoft Emergency Out-of-Band Security Update
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Microsoft Emergency Out-of-Band Security Update

As most of you have heard there has recently been an exploit in Internet Explorer that caused data breaches at some of the largest companies [ continue reading... ]

Installing BackTrack Linux 4 – Security Distribution
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Installing BackTrack Linux 4 – Security Distribution

Here’s an explination of what “BackTrack Linux” is from backtrack-linux.comHere are some screenshots of an installation I did into VirtualBox. I’ll give more tutorials on [ continue reading... ]

Recover your lost Root Password openSUSE
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Recover your lost Root Password openSUSE

A few days ago I recieved a funny email from someone (won’t name who, or where from) that they forgot their root password. My first [ continue reading... ]

Microsoft Security apparently is a Bad Request
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Microsoft Security apparently is a Bad Request

So right on the cusps of the Emergency patch release by Microsoft on Oct 17th, I decided to try to read up on it (I [ continue reading... ]