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Securing Solaris

Protect your system from internal & external security vulnerabilities Introduction Solaris security broadly falls under two groups – one is where the system is accessible using local area...

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How to Configure ssh without password

Passwordless access for ssh and sftp , How to do sftp & ssh without password – Step by Step This a real life example of configuring passwordless access for two users . The user ‘web’ in this case...

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Site Hacked with Pharmacy Spammy Content on search listings

Got a email* today today that adminschoice.com searches on google.com are resulting in pharmacy spammy urls and contents. It took around three hours to find out what is happening and fixing it. Finally...

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HeartBleed bug : Frequently Asked questions

What Exactly is HeartBleed bug ? This bug allows hackers to reads sensitive data from the memory of victim host in 64 k chunks. The memory can have user names , passwords , decrypted information or...

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Securing Solaris

Learn how to Protect your unix / solaris system from internal & external security vulnerabilities.

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ssh Without Password in Few Simple Steps

How to configure passwordless ssh &sftp access in Unix & Linux systems? Follow these simple steps with examples with a basic troubleshooting section at the end. sftp uses underlaying ssh access...

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MongoDB Ransom Attacks Hit 27000 Systems

MongoDB Ransom Attacks has hit 27,000 Systems in few hours from 12000 impacted servers . Most of the mongoDB installations are exposed to exploites due to poor default access controls for super users ....

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SHA-1 Collision – Insecurity of SHA-1 exposed by Google

SHA-1 is widely used in applications like SSL, SSH, TLS, IPsec PGP, S/MIME to protect the sensitive information. Google has demonstrated that SHA-1 Collision is possible and two files can have the same...

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netstat – 10 Most common usage with examples

netstat is a command line utility in Unix, Linux and Unix like systems to show information about network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, mas-querade connections multicast memberships...

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Linux PIE/stack corruption (CVE-2017-1000253) Bug and Security Vulnerability

About CVE-2017-1000253 Bug: This issue is related to the Linux kernel loaded Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) executables. If an ELF application was built as Position Independent Executable (PIE),...

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KRACK – Key Reinstallation Attacks on WPA2 Protocol

Introduction KRACK is a security flaw with WPA2  security and it allows to  compromise wireless WPA security  by forcing nonce reuse . This is not an issue related to passwords but the protocol used by...

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DNS Sinkhole Setup : Your defense against Bot net controllers

According to statistics published in csoonline.com cyber crimes damages will hit 6 trillion by 2021 and 6 billion people target ( 75% of projected 8 billion population).  As the access to network is...

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The Top Security Breaches in History

Thanks to technology, most businesses these days are now able to process and manage data more efficiently and effectively. However, as the internet and digital platforms become more of a necessity to...

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You’re More Likely To Fall Victim to a Cyberattack Than a Home Invasion

By the time most people start to notice that their data has been compromised, it’s too late. Modern hackers continue to develop savvier ways to steal your data, and most people have no clue how to...

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TLS vs SSL: What’s the Difference ?

Online security is vital these days if we want to avoid becoming victims of unscrupulous malware, spyware, and phishing attacks. With internet criminals becoming more and more crafty, sophisticated and...

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Bitcoin Miner Virus: How To Detect And Delete It

The trending topics all over the world center around digital currencies and Bitcoin is one of the most popular ones. Back in 2017 December, the worth of Bitcoin practically crossed about $19,000 and...

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Merger of Security & Compliance, what it Means for Cloud Developers

Recent data breaches that are splashed across the news have made the point crystal clear that data protection can no longer be an add-on that businesses source out externally to complete. It’s become a...

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Identity Protection Online: A Simple Tip

Online privacy was once an issue that didn’t seem to be of much interest outside of cybersecurity circles. However, the landscape has shifted rapidly since the propagation of high-speed broadband...

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Is Your Free VPN Putting Your Data at Risk?

Free VPN are stripped down versions of full-featured, more secure premium VPN services. Free VPNs should be used cautiously and with the knowledge that the service provider could be monitoring the...

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Learn How To Obfuscate JavaScript with Node.js

Obfuscation of your JavaScript code means that your code cannot be used in other places. This is a very useful technique for people that sell code. For instance, if you sell your code on Themeforest,...

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