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Source: vnunet - Posted by Jen Olson
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Firms are exposing themselves to security risks by failing to implement effective policies, say security experts. A study of 100 British IT directors undertaken by IT services provider GAP indicates that even if firms have drawn up security policies, they were . . . |
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Source: SecurityFocus - Posted by Jen Olson
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This is the second part of a four-part series devoted to an overview of LIDS, a Linux kernel patch that will allow users to take away the all-powerful nature of root in order to give programs exactly the access they need . . . |
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Source: SecurityFocus - Posted by Jen Olson
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In traditional Unix models, the root user is all-powerful. Root is exempt from the rules and regulations of the filesystem, and has abilities that other users do not: putting interfaces into promiscuous mode, for example. Many folks realized that this uncontrolled . . . |
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Source: VNUnet - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Hundreds of thousands of websites may be at risk after hackers discovered a vulnerability in a popular web server program. Users running PHP Nuke, a free open source tool for database-based websites, were put on red alert yesterday when it was . . . |
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Source: linux.com - Posted by Jen Olson
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The word 'Biometry' basically comprises of two words : bio + metry. The word 'bio' refers to life or a living being and the word 'metry' refers to 'measurement'. So 'Biometric' can be summed up as: the science of measurement of physical attributes(unique) to a living being (for authentication /authorization.). . . |
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Source: Phrack.org - Posted by Dave Wreski
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The latest issue of Phrack, a premier underground security magazine, has been released. Last issue released in May 2000, the latest issue talks about privacy, ICMP based OS fingerprinting, NIDS on mass parallel processing architecture, and more. "It seems to me . . . |
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Source: Packetstorm Security - Posted by Derrick Lewis
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PacketStorm Security named EnGardeLinux.com, the Official Site for the Engarde Secure Linux distribution, "Site of The Week". PacketStorm Security is known as one of the largest and highly regarded security sites on the Internet, offering the latest security exploits, articles and tools. We would like to thank our friends at PacketStorm for the prestigious honor.. . . |
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Source: SecurityFocus - Posted by Derrick Lewis
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Hogwash is a Snort-based packet scrubber designed to take out 95% of the stock attacks hackers may throw at a network. Hogwash lives inline like a firewall, but it works differently. Instead of closing ports like a traditional firewall, it drops . . . |
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Source: MSNBC - Posted by Pete O'Hara
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Internet activists are planning an international day of protest on Oct. 21 in an effort to jam Echelon, the super-secret global surveillance system. But privacy experts warn the protest is unlikely to succeed. Organizers of the cyber-event are encouraging the Internet . . . |
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Source: News.com - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Yeah, go Jay! This news.com article talks with Jay Beale, project lead for the Bastille Linux project. "If there's a stereotype for a hacker, Jay Beale isn't it. Mild-mannered and somewhat shy, Beale--like many hackers of the old school--has made a name for himself at a young age. As the leader of the Bastille Linux Project, an open-source endeavor to make Linux systems more secure by automating the patching process, Beale, 26, is well-known in the Linux community and security circles.. . . |
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