security

Hi all, i am here to share my new open source tool... CodeCat is a open source tool to help you in static code analysis, to find/track sinks and bugs, this points follow regex rules... Current rules for C,C++,GO,Python,javascript,Swift,PHP,Ruby,ASP and Java.(you can create your rules) How...

HiddenWall is a Linux kernel module generator for custom rules with netfilter. (block ports, Hidden mode, rootkit functions etc). The motivation: on bad situation, attacker can put your iptables/ufw to fall... but if you have HiddenWall, the attacker will not find the hidden kernel module that...

Firstly good morning. I am a recent user of ubuntu, it must have been about two months that I use it, anyway, I started a WordPress course and in it we used xampp to not need to buy a direct host, however the problem is that WP cannot create new files, either when I download a new theme or...

Alright, let me give you the context. I am a business owner with strong technical background, say a programmer, though not an advanced system administrator. I've bought a VPS server where I want to host several applications and webpages. One of the apps consists of backend, admin frontend and...

Good day all I am currently working on a project where the goal is to have a second operating system (Kali Linux) encrypted and mountable/unmountable on a Ubuntu system. All work must be kept on the encrypted partition and nothing can be installed or held on the Ubuntu operating system. There...

I want to dislabe SeLinux but this will be temporary where after reboot it should be enabled.

Hi, based on this solution I wrote a shell script, which is blocking port scanning, so nobody can find (or much more slowly) your "hidden" SSH or FTP port The protection based on built-in firewall. The script stored on GitHub: Portcan Protection I hope you find it useful! Best Regards, Feriman

/home/me/.ssh/known_hosts /home/me/.ssh/authorized_keys I would like to put these files to an €ncrypt€d folder that is being decrypted manually after Linux Raspbian 10 start. Why? i do not want anyone to discover that files contents (consider someone steal the drive - my Raspbian installed from...

I'm a recent Linux convert and it's been a blast these past sev mos. breaking Mint, re-installing, learning....rinse, repeat. But this a bit more serious. Linux Mint 19.3...I'm contantly tinkering on this machine. I had every intention of learning how to PROPERLY utilize "secure boot" today and...

I have installed the latest version of Linux Lite on my lenovo G50 laptop. Recently, I have been concerned about the way various linux distros are collecting a substantial amount of personal information from linux users around the world. And in a lot of linux distros, there isn’t a...

Hello, I am currently working on bachelor thesis named "Access Controll for USB Bus". As title says, I need to make software, which will block some USB devices, depending on user input (specific type of USB, for example all mouses or all devices from specific vendor). Unfortunately, my...

I want to install nessus non commercial version into my Linux ubuntu box. How can I get and install nessus? Thanks

Hi, I am trying to start auditing on chown/chmod commands. It is working (ie logs are written to audit file) with auditctl ctl command line utility but when I am putting in the /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules file, it doesn't work. Below is the command used. Immutable tag is commented and the...

From security perspective of my linux boxes I want to list suid enabled files with the find command.

Apologies if this post is naive or just plain dumb. BUT, here goes. I just installed Linux Mint on my system. I like the way it works; its simplicity, elegance really. I like the command line interface; takes me back to programming in Fortran in 1974! However, my expectations were that Linux...

I'm a new convert to Linux and very much like the usability. My main concern when switching over was security as I handle some sensitive information on my computer, and maybe have an all to healthy sense of paranoia. This is partly my reason for switching over. I have an account with CactusVPN...

Anyone have thoughts on the pros & cons of these "security" distros?

has anyone tried disassembling the /bin/login file and bypass it. I am trying but its difficult to find the point of faliure plz suggest if anyone has tried it

I am wondering everyone's thoughts on the best Linux distro for a new user that seeks security, anonymity, and ease of use. I am aware that live booting and VM's are a thing, but also want to know what people think for the primary distro. Thank for your input. :)

I’m discussing usage of DSL (domain specific language) in security tools with my colleagues. We haven't been able to reach an agreement over naming conventions. There are many tools using DSL: splunk, sumologic, elasticsearch and etc. But what are the best practices? So for example how would...