How to install Sophos Antivirus for Linux in Ubuntu

Step 1) Go to the Sophos website and download the latest copy of the Sophos Antivirus for Windows. You may have to accept their terms and provide an email ID during free registration. Download Sophos Antivirus for Linux Step 2) The downloaded package is a compressed archive file. It should look like sav-linux-free-9.tgz. The version … Read more

How to install FileZilla FTP client in Ubuntu

A brief intro of FileZilla FileZilla is the open source FTP client program. It uses FTP/SFTP protocol to transfer the files. It allows us to securely transfer files from the local computer to the remote computer. It is mostly used by the web developers in the uploading, downloading and editing web pages. Webpages are stored … Read more

How to Install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu

Visual Studio Code is an open-source cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft. It has a built-in debugging support, embedded Git control, syntax highlighting, code completion, integrated terminal, code refactoring and snippets. The easiest and recommended way to install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu machines is to enable the VS Code repository and install the VS … Read more

sendmail – installation and testing

sendmail – installation and testing Sendmail is highly configurable, allowing control over almost every aspect of how email is handled, including the protocol used. Many system administrators elect to use Sendmail as their MTA due to its power and scalability. Installation of sendmail # yum install sendmail m4 telnet mailx sendmail-cf Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security … Read more

Securing the .rhosts and hosts.equiv Files

Linux    —    and    all    the    flavors    of    UNIX    —    are    file-based    operating    systems.    Practically everything    that’s    done    on    the    system    involves    the    manipulation    of    files.    This    is    why    so many    attacks    against    Linux    are    at    the    file    level. Hacks    using    the    hosts.equiv    and    .rhosts    files If    hackers    can    capture    a    user    ID    and    password    by   … Read more

Installing BackTrack to DVD or USB Thumb Drive

You can download the free BackTrack ISO at www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/. This article covers the bt4-final.iso ISO image, released on January 11, 2010. Microsoft’s newer versions of Windows (Vista and 7) include built-in functionality to burn an ISO image to DVD, but Windows XP by default cannot. If you’d like to make a BackTrack DVD using Windows … Read more

BackTrack: The Big Picture

BackTrack is a free, well-designed penetration-testing Linux workstation built and refined by professional security engineers. It has all the tools necessary for penetration testing, and they are all configured properly, have the dependent libraries installed, and are carefully categorized in the start menu. Everything just works. BackTrack is distributed as an ISO disk image that … Read more

Why Simulating an Insider Attack Is Important??

The importance of assessing an organization’s vulnerability to attack from the inside is virtually self-evident. With the exception of the very small company, hired employees are essentially strangers a company pays to perform a task. Even when background checks are performed and references are checked, there is simply no guarantee that the people tasked with … Read more