Forum: *nix Security Discussions

"There is an EVIL bug in at least the Linux (2.2.35-8) Tor Browser Bundle start-tor-browser script. It will log things like domain names to a file...

So, I'm sitting here looking over some Docs I found talking about this stuff again, and though I do admit, I've not used much of this in some time...

Anybody have ANY idea where I could manage to acquire a set of CD ISOs for this? Oracle killed all of the free Sun downloads for older releases of...

Trying to use FreeNAS as the server, there are settings / checkboxes that claim SFTP works on this OS but I am really starting to not believe it. The...

I was hacked last week ,and now i have recently re-imaged my server but i still have a folder/script trying to brute force another server via my own...

I have a server that i need to monitor what the .bash_history file for the root user already logged in to the server I am logged in as root and...

There is a 64b Linux exploit making its rounds. Details can be found here: http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9574 and here: ...

I have a few hundred Linux servers installed and i am trying to find the best solution for rootkit monitoring on these boxes. Maybe even something...

Came across this today. Almost fell out of my chair. How not to copy your SSH key to the server: ...

Here's the latest: http://www.infosecnews.org/pipermail/isn/2010-April/018956.html :)

Hello all, I have a strange situation I would like to recount and get some input on. The short version is that when I run the TAR command with...

I recently migrated to openSUSE 11.1 and after installing Bastille and running the interactive command I get this error: Can't locate...

This weekend I have been messing around a little with the boot process, and found myself inspecting the default initrd shipped with Fedora. Where...

Would it be difficult to add applications into the backtrack iso? It fits neatly onto a CD, but one could presumably load it up all the way to 4.7...

What is the fastest way to generate all 4096 possible DES crypt hashes for a single, given password?

I am in the process of getting several computers up and running that I've had sitting for some time as I got my life together. I find myself short on...

I thought this was quite interesting: http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/07/a_biological_ap.html It considers a...

If you run Linux and F-Secure's security scanner 7.0 you might be interested in this heads up? Apparently there is a bug in it that might bork...

A worm that tries to find exploits over a year old??????? This is on an OS where you only need to reboot for Kernel patches..... Looking at the...