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WineHQ database breached; Fedora Project forces password change
Following last month’s compromises of the primary repository for the Linux kernel source code and the websites and infrastructure of the Linux Foundation comes the news …
Tiny Core Linux 4.0 released
Tiny Core Linux is a very small (
Multi Threaded TCP Port Scanner 2.0 released
Multi Threaded TCP Port Scanner allows you to scan 65535 TCP ports on an IP address. You can specify how many threads to run and the timeout. It will tell you the MAC address …
OpenStack Diablo to power global clouds
OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system, released Diablo, the fourth version of its community-driven software. OpenStack Diablo allows users to automate and control …
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 …
Wireshark 1.6.2 fixes vulnerabilities
Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. The following vulnerabilities have been fixed: A large …
OpenDNSSEC 1.3.1 released
Internet engineers continue to enhance Internet security with the release of OpenDNSSEC, a tool which simplifies the process of signing one or more zones with DNSSEC. …
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 …
Slow HTTP DoS vulnerability test tool
Slow HTTP DoS attacks rely on the fact that the HTTP protocol, by design, requires requests to be completely received by the server before they are processed. If an HTTP …
“Apache Killer” tool spotted in the wild
The developers behind the open source Apache Foundation issued a warning for all users of the Apache HTTPD Web Server, as an attack tool it has been made available on the …
$100,000 for open source security projects
Rapid7 created a $100,000 investment fund to support up to seven promising open source projects in the security industry. The “Magnificent7” projects will be …
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