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[/] Subscribe to Our Daily Newsletter Most Read Stories Past Day Past Week Past Month Editor's Picks Linux 4.11 rc2 Linus Torvalds: As usual, the week after rc1 tends to be fairly quiet when people are still looking for bugs and taking a breather after the merge window. (Mar 12, 2017) More on LinuxToday Sitemap Feedback Linux Today - Security Apache Struts Vulnerability Under Attack (Mar 11, 2017, 10:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) eWEEK: An easy to exploit remote code execution flaw was discovered in the widely used open-source Apache Struts 2 framework. Though it has been patched, that's not stopping attackers from attempting to exploit vulnerable systems. Parrot Security OS 3.5 Ethical Hacking Distro Brings Cryptkeeper, Kernel 4.9.13 (Mar 09, 2017, 04:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) The Parrot Security OS 3.5 release comes a little over two months after the first and also the last maintenance update to the Parrot Security OS 3.4 series HackerOne offers bug bounty service for free to open-source projects (Mar 08, 2017, 04:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Open-source projects will get free access to the professional version of the HackerOne platform to run their own security programs. Firefox 52 Brings WebAssembly and Security fixes (Mar 07, 2017, 19:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) eWEEK : The biggest new feature in Firefox 52 is support for the WebAssembly standard CryptoGo An Easy Way To Encrypt And Password Protect Your Files (Mar 07, 2017, 14:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) ostechnix : CryptoGo is a commandline file encrypter utility written in Go programming language. WordPress 4.7.3 Updates for Six Security Issues (Mar 07, 2017, 11:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) eWEEK: The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system fixes six vulnerabilities, including three Cross Site Scripting flaws. BlackArch Linux Now Offers More Than 1700 Ethical Hacking Tools, New ISO Is Out (Mar 05, 2017, 06:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) With over 1700 ethical hacking and pentesting tools pre-installed, BlackArch Linux 2017-03-01 is out and it's based on the Arch Linux 2017-03-01 Secure Android phone offers confidential and casual modes (Mar 03, 2017, 23:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Bittium has upgraded its secure, Android-based Bittium Tough Mobile phone with containerized secure and public modes and location-based analytics. Security-Oriented Alpine Linux 3.5.2 Distro Released with Kernel 4.4.52 LTS (Mar 03, 2017, 15:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Alpine Linux 3.5.2 comes one month after the release of Alpine Linux 3.5.1 and brings with it the recently released long-term supported Linux 4.4.52 kernel What is the difference between su and sudo? (Mar 03, 2017, 07:00) ( 1 talkbacks ) Learn difference between su and sudo How To Set Password Policies In Linux (Mar 02, 2017, 14:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) ostechnix : This tutorial describes how to set password policies such as password length, password complexity, password expiration period etc., in Linux. How to Install and Secure MariaDB 10 in CentOS 7 (Feb 28, 2017, 14:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB 10.1 stable version in the most widely used versions of RHEL/CentOS and Fedora distributions. Linus Torvalds on SHA-1 and Git: 'The sky isn't falling' (Feb 27, 2017, 23:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) ZDnet: Yes, SHA-1 has been cracked, but that doesn't mean your code in Git repositories is in any real danger of being hacked. How to let users securely edit files using sudoedit (Feb 25, 2017, 06:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) HowToForge: Suppose you are a system administrator in a company where teams mostly work on Linux with limited privileges. Creating Wordlists with Crunch on Kali Linux (Feb 23, 2017, 23:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) LinuxConfig : Wordlists are a key part of brute force password attacks. SSH Password Testing With Hydra on Kali Linux (Feb 23, 2017, 11:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) LinuxConfig: Hydra has options for attacking logins on a variety of different protocols, but in this instance, you will learn about testing the strength of your SSH passwords. Java and Python FTP attacks can punch holes through firewalls (Feb 22, 2017, 10:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Hackers can trick Java and Python applications to execute rogue FTP commands that would open ports in firewalls Protecting Linux devices with verified boot, from ROM to Userspace (Feb 19, 2017, 14:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) LinuxGizmos: Amid growing concern regarding escalating attacks on Linux-based devices, a well-attended talk at ELC Europe 2016 focused on the topic of verified boot schemes Insecure Android apps put connected cars at risk (Feb 19, 2017, 10:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Android applications that allow millions of car owners to remotely locate and unlock their vehicles are missing security features that could prevent tampering by hackers, according to Kaspersky Lab researchers. IBM Details the Risks of Second-Hand IoT Devices and Connected Cars (Feb 17, 2017, 19:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) VIDEO: What happens to IoT user accounts in the cloud when a device or even a car is sold? According to new research from IBM Security, revocation of old users isn't happening, exposing a major new risk. How Google Secures Gmail Against Spam and Ransomware (Feb 17, 2017, 15:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) eWEEK: Though there was at least one successful high-profile phishing attack against a Gmail user in 2016, Google is aggressively defending its millions of Gmail users. RSA Conference: Lessons from a Billion Breached Data Records (Feb 17, 2017, 14:00) ( 1 talkbacks ) eSecurityPlanet: Legendary breach reporter Troy Hunt details some of things he has learned from working with more than a billion publicly dumped records. Cryptkeeper - An Easy Way To Encrypt And Decrypt Folder or Directory In Linux (Feb 14, 2017, 13:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) Cryptkeeper is a Free, open source Linux system tray applet that manages EncFS encrypted folders. DEFT Linux Forensic Operating System Is Kicking Off 2017 with New Zero Edition (Feb 14, 2017, 07:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) DEFT Zero (2017.1) appears to be a light version of DEFT Linux, which has been specifically designed to help law enforcement catch criminals Blocking of international spam botnets with a Postfix plugin (Feb 13, 2017, 08:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) HowToForge: This article contains an analysis and solution for blocking of international SPAM botnets with on postfix mail servers by using a postfwd plugin which analyses the sasl connects by country. Who Is Root? Why Does Root Exist in Linux? (Feb 12, 2017, 22:00) ( 0 talkbacks ) tecmint: Have you ever wondered why there is a special account named root in Linux? Receive news via our XML/RSS feed LinuxToday Security Archives