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Every network administrator needs to know how to listen to port traffic on a server. Here's one way to do it on Linux.
When Defender came to macOS as well as Windows, Microsoft announced that the name of the software was changing, from Windows Defender to Microsoft Defender. "One of the main reasons for doing this is to connect this protection into your enterprise system. Defender is about end-to-end protection for endpoint devices in your environment - it's plugged into Defender ATP as an EDR system, the signals are showing up in one consistent dashboard and it's detecting events and attacks, and providing security teams and SOC analysts with the tools they need to understand that bigger picture," he says.
Every network administrator needs to know how to listen to port traffic on a server. So you have a Linux server up and running, but you either suspect there might be some nefarious traffic coming in, or you just want to know what's going on at all times with this new machine.
A vulnerability in the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon software, which comes installed on many Linux-based and Unix-like operating systems and networking devices, can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to achieve code execution on - and takeover of - a targeted system. Pppd is a daemon that is used to manage PPP session establishment and session termination between two nodes on Unix-like operating systems.
The makers of NordVPN have come out with a new version of their NordPass password manager. Find out how to install and use it.
Kali Linux evolution: What's next for the open source pentesting Linux distro?The Kali open source project is funded and maintained by Offensive Security and Kali development is decided on and performed by a very small core team. Exploring the impact that hybrid cloud is having on enterprise security and IT teamsWhile enterprises rapidly transition to the public cloud, complexity is increasing, but visibility and team sizes are decreasing while security budgets remain flat to pose a significant obstacle to preventing data breaches, according to FireMon's 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report.
Microsoft has released PowerShell 7, the latest major update to its popular task automation tool and configuration management framework that can be used on various operating systems. PowerShell was initially a Windows component, but was open-sourced in 2016 and made available for Windows, macOS and various Linux distributions.
The US-CERT today issued advisory warning users of a new dangerous 17-year-old remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP daemon software that comes installed on almost all Linux based operating systems, as well as powers the firmware of many other networking devices. Discovered by IOActive security researcher Ilja Van Sprundel, the critical issue is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that exists due to a logical error in the Extensible Authentication Protocol packet parser of the pppd software, an extension that provides support for additional authentication methods in PPP connections.
The US-CERT today issued advisory warning users of a new dangerous 17-year-old remote code execution vulnerability affecting the PPP daemon software that comes installed on almost all Linux based operating systems, as well as powers the firmware of many other networking devices. Discovered by IOActive security researcher Ilja Van Sprundel, the critical issue is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that exists due to a logical error in the Extensible Authentication Protocol packet parser of the pppd software, an extension that provides support for additional authentication methods in PPP connections.
The makers of NordVPN have come out with a new version of their NordPass password manager. From the office of "Things you should have started doing years ago," comes a warning I've given countless times: A password manager should be considered a must-have.