Lynis – Security and system auditing tool

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix (specialists). It scans the system and available software, to detect security issues. Beside security related information it will also scan for general system information, installed packages and configuration mistakes. This software aims in assisting automated auditing, software patch management, vulnerability and malware scanning of ...

Nessus 3.2.1 Released – New Report Filtering Features Added

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Tenable Network Security has released version 3.2.1 of the Nessus vulnerability scanner. This point release includes a variety of small bug fixes as well as a new report filtering interface for the Nessus client. This blog entry will discuss the new Nessus features, bug fixes and reporting filters for the ...

Microsoft Warns Of Security Vulnerability Arising From Apple’s Safari

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Microsoft on Friday said it is investigating reports of "a blended threat that allows remote code execution on all supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser has been installed."An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking a user into visiting a maliciously crafted Web ...

sqlninja 0.2.3 released – Advanced Automated SQL Injection Tool for MS-SQL

Friday, May 30th, 2008

We’ve been folowing the development of sqlninja since the early days, it’s growing into a well matured and more polished tool with advanced features. Sqlninja is a tool written in PERL to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal ...

Third-party advertisers tracking users in Google ad network

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Google is apparently allowing third-party advertisers to track consumers using the company's ad network, a practice that raised concerns from one privacy advocate. Some of the third-party ad servers and ad agencies that Google has approved to deliver ads through its network engage in behavioral advertising practices that ...