Nmap introduces 51 new scripts
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network …
Single packet authorization and port knocking
fwknop implements an authorization scheme called Single Packet Authorization (SPA). This method of authorization is based around a default-drop packet filter (fwknop supports …
NAC system PacketFence 3.1.0 released
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Boasting a feature set including a captive-portal for registration and …
Ettercap 0.7.4 released
Ettercap is a network sniffer/interceptor/logger for ethernet LANs. It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols (even ciphered ones, like SSH and HTTPS). Data …
Fedora 16: Cloud and virtualization features
The Fedora Project announced the availability of Fedora 16, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution. Notable feature enhancements include: …
MagicTree: Data management for penetration testers
Have you ever spent ages trying to find the results of a particular portscan you were sure you did? Or grepping through a bunch of files looking for data for a particular host …
Tiny Core Linux 4.0 released
Tiny Core Linux is a very small (
NAC system PacketFence 3.0 released
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Boasting a feature set including a captive-portal for registration and …
Linux Foundation suffers security breach
Some two weeks after the discovery of the compromise of the kernel.org website and several servers in its infrastructure comes the news that the Linux.com and …
OpenSSH 5.9 released
OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support. It encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to …
BackBox Linux 2 for penetration testers
BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a …
Linux source code repository compromised
The Kernel.org website – home to the Linux project and the primary repository for the Linux kernel source code – sports a warning notifying its users of a security …
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