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UPDATE - New attack bypasses EVERY Windows security product

11 May 2010

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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Anthony Pell
Okay, Windows content, but good to convince your boss that even the best efforts of the various security Windows vendors can't protect your desktop users. Are you a Windows user? Do you make sure that your antivirus program is updated regularly? Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t! Read on to find out why.
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Setting the record straight on sudo

06 April 2010

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Source: TechRepublic - Posted by Anthony Pell

I recently read a blog posting that denounced the use of sudo as insecure because of the following (briefly summed up and paraphrased) reasons:

The idea that not using the root account is wrong, using root for everything is fine.
That using sudo for everything provides a false sense of security over performing an action as root directly
That using a user account password to get a root shell is a bad idea
That using a root shell is not dangerous, and that this “grave misunderstanding” came from the idea that running X as root is dangerous
That sudo has very little place in the Enterprise
That relying on sudo is foolish, because it has bugs
That everything should be done from a root shell, and that you should have to know the “uber-secret root password” to get that access

System security? What about your DATA!

05 April 2010

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Source: fewt blog - Posted by Anthony Pell
What makes this problem worse? Well what about your DATA? Let me start with the statement that there is nothing installed on your Desktop Linux system by default to protect your data from theft or destruction, and there is nothing to protect your computer from harming other computers when you are using Desktop Linux.
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German Government Warns Internet Users On Firefox Security Flaw

23 March 2010

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Source: All Headline News - Posted by Anthony Pell
The German government warned its citizens not to use Internet web browser Firefox because of serious security problems. There is reportedly a security flaw in Mozilla Firefox Version 3.6 that could allow a hacker to take control of someone's computer by launching malicious code.
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Thunderbird Secure Connections

18 March 2010

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Source: PostfixMail.com - Posted by Anthony Pell

Client configuration can be just as big of problem as the set up for the server. One of the problems is that not all clients, both Linux and Windows, are capable of handling TLS or SMTP AUTH. That is getting better but it is still a problem. One great alternative client is Thunderbird, Icedove if you are on Debian. Here is a step by step approach to setting up the Thunderbird client for TLS and SMTP AUTH.

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