+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LinuxSecurity.com Weekly Newsletter | | October 17th, 2005 Volume 6, Number 43n | | | | Editorial Team: Dave Wreski dave@private | | Benjamin D. Thomas ben@private | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Thank you for reading the LinuxSecurity.com weekly security newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headlines. This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria Announced," "Perform due diligence with RFID security," and "Government must push on IT security." --- ## EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0 - Download Now! ## * Linux 2.6 kernel featuring SELinux Mandatory Access Control * Guardian Digital Secure Network features free access to all system and security updates (to be available shortly through an updated release) * Support for new hardware, including 64-bit AMD architecture * Web-based management of all functions, including the ability to build a complete web presence with FTP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP and more. * Apache v2.0, BIND v9.3, MySQL v5.0(beta) * Completely new WebTool, featuring easier navigation and greater ability to manage the complete system * Integrated firewall with ability to manage individual firewall rules, control port forwarding, and creation of IP blacklists * Built-in UPS configuration provides ability to manage an entire network of battery-backup devices * RSS feed provides ability to display current news and immediate access to system and security updates * Real-time access to system and service log information LEARN MORE: http://www.guardiandigital.com/products/software/community/esl.html --- LINUX ADVISORY WATCH This week, advisories were released for mason, cpio, dia, masqmail, shorewall, tcpdump, openvpn, up-imapproxy, ethereal, weex, py2play, graphviz, xloadimage, xli, xine-lib, hylafax, Ruby, SVG, hexlix player, uw-imap, openssl, thunderbird, binutils, and libuser. The distributors include Debian, Gentoo, and Red Hat. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120593/150/ --- Hacks From Pax: PHP Web Application Security By: Pax Dickinson Today on Hacks From Pax we'll be discussing PHP web application security. PHP is a great language for rapidly developing web applications, and is very friendly to beginning programmers, but some of its design can make it difficult to write web apps that are properly secure. We'll discuss some of the main security "gotchas" when developing PHP web applications, from proper user input sanitization to avoiding SQL injection vulnerabilities. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120043/49/ --- Network Server Monitoring With Nmap Portscanning, for the uninitiated, involves sending connection requests to a remote host to determine what ports are open for connections and possibly what services they are exporting. Portscanning is the first step a hacker will take when attempting to penetrate your system, so you should be preemptively scanning your own servers and networks to discover vulnerabilities before someone unfriendly gets there first. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/119864/150/ --- >> The Perfect Productivity Tools << WebMail, Groupware and LDAP Integration provide organizations with the ability to securely access corporate email from any computer, collaborate with co-workers and set-up comprehensive addressbooks to consistently keep employees organized and connected. http://ads.linuxsecurity.com/cgi-bin/newad_redirect.pl?id=gdn05 --> Take advantage of the LinuxSecurity.com Quick Reference Card! --> http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/QuickRefCard.pdf +---------------------+ | Security News: | <<-----[ Articles This Week ]---------- +---------------------+ * Guardian Digital launches new edition of award-winning EnGarde Secure Linux platform 10th, October, 2005 Guardian Digital, Inc., the world's premier provider of open source security solutions, today announced the latest innovation of its product portfolio with the launch of EnGarde Secure Linux: Community Edition, a freely-available version of its award-winning enterprise product. EnGarde is the first product to bring complete Web-based management capability, Security-Enhanced Linux functionality, and the ability to control a complete Internet presence in one platform. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120566 * How to keep instant messaging off the record 13th, October, 2005 Sometimes encryption isn't enough to keep your conversations private. With standard encryption, it's theoretically possible for someone to steal your secret encryption keys and decipher the conversation. For conversations that need to be kept confidential, the Off-the-Record (OTR) plugin for Gaim saves the day. It leaves no trace of a conversation ever having taken place. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120591 * What Are Digital Vaults? 11th, October, 2005 A major challenge that is faced by all organisations selecting IT technology is trying to clearly understand how a particular solution may address the challenges they are tasked with solving. And this often involves trying to understand what various vendors mean when using generic terminology. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120574 * Insider Security Threats Q&A 12th, October, 2005 We conducted a brief Q&A session with David Lynch, CMO at Apani Networks, a global network security software provider focused on securing inside the network perimeter. He discusses the security breach in White House, internal security attacks in general and how to prevent them. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120584 * Red Hat Certified Security Specialist 14th, October, 2005 Red Hat yesterday announced the availability of a new security certification for IT professionals: Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS). The announcement of the RHCSS certification is the Company's latest milestone in its "Security in a Networked World" initiative lanched in August. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120599 * Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria Announced 10th, October, 2005 The Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria project announced its first public release. The goal of the project is to develop a testing methodology that can be used by any reasonably skilled technician to independently assess quality of a web application firewall. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120564 * Playing Nice With Physical Security 10th, October, 2005 At a small company, the information security manager is sometimes also responsible for physical security. At very large corporations, the physical security - sometimes called safety and security - is a completely separate department, responsible for hardware such as biometric ID or badge systems, security cameras and the management of guards. Safety and security departments handle investigations of physical breaches, such as theft, and workplace violence. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120565 * Google fixes Web site security bug 11th, October, 2005 Google has fixed a security flaw on its Web site that opened the door to phishing scams, account hijacks and other attacks, security researchers said Monday. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120577 * Perform due diligence with RFID security 12th, October, 2005 Most notably, EPCglobal Gen 2 standards currently lack over-the-air data-stream encryption between passive RFID tags and readers, though there are provisions for locking RFID tag memory and disabling tags. EPCglobal Gen 2 is the current standard for how passive tags affixed to items and encoded with information about them communicate wirelessly with readers, which collect that information and pass it to upstream applications. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120585 * Developers 'should be liable' for security holes 12th, October, 2005 Security expert Howard Schmidt wants coders to be held responsible for vulnerabilities in their code, but others say their employers should be held to account http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120587 * I get a right good fisking 13th, October, 2005 Is Windows inherently less secure than Linux, or just more popular? Presently available data is inconclusive, because Windows still holds the bulk of consumer and small business market http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120592 * Government must push on IT security 14th, October, 2005 IT security has matured significantly over the past few years. An increase in the number of viruses such as Slammer, the advent of phishing, and a spate of high-profile attacks on organisations such as Sumitomo Bank, have pushed security to the top of many company agendas. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120594 * Hacking for Dollars 11th, October, 2005 Threats to information security come in all shapes and sizes, and from all directions: blended threats, mass-mailer worms, Trojans, phishing attacks, spyware, keystroke loggers, etc. Every day, one or more of these threats put critical information at risk in Internet-connected corporations and businesses around the globe. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120576 * Basic Bluetooth Security 14th, October, 2005 Bluetooth has been around since the 90s, and even today, most mobile devices come with the technology embedded in them. Bluetooth provides a wireless, point-to-point, "personal area network" for personal digital assistants (PDAs), notebooks, printers, mobile phones, audio components, and other devices. The wireless technology can be used anywhere if you have two or more devices that are Bluetooth-enabled. And as with any wireless connectivity, there are bound to be security issues since data is being sent over the air invisibly from device to device. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/120595 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distributed by: Guardian Digital, Inc. LinuxSecurity.com To unsubscribe email newsletter-request@private with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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