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[amysheehan]

Password cracker 100 times faster with an SSD
11 March 2010, 2:07 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: The security specialist Objectif Scurit  has optimised its rainbow tables - a common tool used to crack password hashes - to make use of SSDs. The result is, according to Objectif Scurit's Philippe Oechslin, an acceleration by a factor of 100 when compared to their old 8GB Rainbow Tables for XP hashes. A web form  takes the XP-hashes and cracks them for free with the new, ten times larger tables.

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[amysheehan]

Schneier: Fight for privacy or kiss it good-bye
11 March 2010, 2:06 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: If the public wants online privacy it had better fight now for laws to protect it because businesses won't and individuals don't have the clout, security expert Bruce Schneier told RSA Conference.

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[amysheehan]

Hackers aren't as sneaky as you think
10 March 2010, 11:48 am

LinuxSecurity.com: Two weeks ago, I essentially claimed that nearly every company I know is hacked -- and in many cases, thoroughly hacked. Although there's a bit of hyperbole in that statement, it isn't that far from reality. That statement, however, has led some readers to believe detecting hackers and preventing attacks is impossible. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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[amysheehan]

What Are the Most Overrated Security Technologies?
10 March 2010, 11:47 am

LinuxSecurity.com: The security community has grown to depend on some basic technologies in the fight against cyber thieves, such as antivirus software and firewalls. But are practitioners clinging to tools that outlived their usefulness long ago? Were those tools ever really useful to begin with?

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[amysheehan]

Building a UNIX/Linux Incident response / Forensic Disk
10 March 2010, 11:45 am

LinuxSecurity.com: There are many Linux distributions readily available. This however should not stop you creating your own version of a UNIX forensic tools disc. Whether you are on Solaris, HP-UX or any other variety of UNIX it is simple to create a forensic tools CD that can go between systems. The added benefit of this method is that the tools do not need to be left on the production server. This in itself could be a security risk and the ability to unmount the CD and take it with you increases security.

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[amysheehan]

Multiple Apache Web Server Flaws Patched
9 March 2010, 4:46 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: The Apache HTTP Web Server is the most widely deployed Web server on the Internet today, which means that vulnerabilities in the open source server can have a devastating impact. That also makes security updates like the new 2.2.15 release critical, since it addresses several security vulnerabilities in Apache's flagship HTTP Web server.

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[amysheehan]

Top Ten Wi-Fi Security Threats
9 March 2010, 12:49 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: Gone are the early days of Wi-Fi, when CSOs lost sleep over threats like WEP cracking and war driving. 802.11n products have matured to the point where many enterprises are investing in larger, faster WLANs to support mission-critical applications. And yet, pros know that security is never to be taken for granted. Here, we offer our Top Ten Wi-Fi Threats and explain why diligence is (still) required.

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[amysheehan]

Scan a Windows drive for viruses using Linux
9 March 2010, 12:46 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: Recently I came into a client who had a Windows XP machine that contained a nasty little virus that rendered the machine nearly unusable. When the machine would boot the CPU was pegging out at 100%, causing the GUI to be nearly unresponsive.

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[amysheehan]

IBM to release secure software development tools
9 March 2010, 11:48 am

LinuxSecurity.com: Honing in on the need for more security in application development, IBM Rational is planning an enterprise-level  product that features two separately acquired technologies for security testing and code scanning.

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[amysheehan]

FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months
9 March 2010, 11:47 am

LinuxSecurity.com: Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  Online banking fraud involving the electronic transfer of funds has been on the rise since 2007 and rose to over US$120 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to estimates presented Friday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, by David Nelson, an examination specialist with the FDIC.

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[amysheehan]

Enterprise security on a small business budget
9 March 2010, 11:45 am

LinuxSecurity.com: Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are higher than a few canceled credit cards. Here are a few tips to protect your users and your networks--steps that even enterprise-class security specialists may slip up on.

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[amysheehan]

The Insecurity of Secure Clouds
8 March 2010, 11:52 am

LinuxSecurity.com: In light of the recent Google hacking, businesses might reconsider their cloud-based strategies. Ostensibly cloud-based services can offer business a better security profile at a lower price point than would be possible if companies built the services themselves. Take data centers, for example. Building a modern data center can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars with security measures constituting a hefty price tag encompassing, but not limited to, security cards, biometrics, dry contact sensors, IP-based camera surveillance, security guards, fire suppression systems, and power generators.

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[amysheehan]

The illegal downloaders' Oscar winners
8 March 2010, 11:50 am

LinuxSecurity.com: The fine folk over at Torrent Freak have their own hopes. However, they have created a wonderful prelude to the big event, far more interesting than any discussion of rented frocks, baubles and faces, by calculating which of the nominated movies has been torrented the most.

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[amysheehan]

Paypal freezes Cryptome
8 March 2010, 11:48 am

LinuxSecurity.com: eBay Inc has suspended Cryptome's PayPal account, confiscating donations made to the site in the past two weeks. New York architect John Young has refunded around $5,300 to donors.

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[MaB69]

Fixing a Problem with Nmap
6 March 2010, 6:39 pm

LinuxSecurity.com: Ever had an ipv4 network address that is supposed to migrate over via a high availability mechanism simply not work or even stranger if there were several addresses some do and some do not? An experienced network administrator probably has seen mysterious non-migrating addresses, however, within this context is presented a rather interesting "solution" to when it has been observed.

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