There was something shocking in my local suburban newspaper today. I opened up to page two and behold…an article that touched on information security! Specifically, the article was about how a small municipal court system in my area had a PC that was infected by an email “virus”. This virus caused a “hard drive to […]
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Found a good article today on how to properly defend against brute force ssh attacks. I knew that iptables was one method to do it but there are many others. Take a look at this article for methods like: * Strong passwords * RSA authentication * Using ‘iptables’ to block the attack * Using the
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Looking for a free, open source host based IDS which also runs on Windows and Linux? Check out OSSEC: OSSEC HIDS – Open Source Security I will be installing this in a few days to give you my review. It look very promising! Kinda like Cisco CSA for the masses…hmmm..here is a good review on
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Scary things those pesky proxy servers…Not only is this a problem for college networks but it is a major issue for corporate IT security as well. The majority of corporate networks are now starting to block Myspace. Especially with the recent “Flash banner ad Worm” that hit Myspace not long ago. These proxy sites allow
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