Security :How To hide Apache2 version Information

Some times we need to hide apache banner information, because hackers check version details, before attacking a sever, If we close this door, it is more difficult for them to exploit any system holes and making vulnerability scanners work harder and in some cases impossible without knowing version information.

Do the following steps

Modify /etc/apache2/apache2.conf [...]

Hackers disrupt government websites

Hackers shut down several Australian government Web sites Wednesday in a coordinated attack against a proposed Internet filter that targets pornography and criminal sites.

The Australian Parliament House Web site was down for almost an hour and the Department of Communications site also experienced difficulties, the Attorney-General’s Department said in a statement.

It said the [...]

Hackers rigging blogs, email and websites

Hackers rigging blogs, email and websites :

Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report.

Analysis of online threats during the second half of 2009 showed that 81 percent of email was rigged to deliver “malicious” code and 95 percent of comments [...]

Linux : PDFCrack

PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux (other POSIX-compatible systems should work too) tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files. It is small, command line driven without external dependencies. The application is Open Source (GPL).

Features:

* Supports the standard security handler (revision 2, 3 and 4) on all known PDF-versions * Supports cracking both owner [...]

Linux :Install and Upgrade to Openoffice.org 3.2

Install and Upgrade to Openoffice.org 3.2 in karmic Koala

First add repositories :

kartook@Nilas:~$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa

Update and upgrade :

kartook@Nilas:~$sudo apt-get update && sudp apt-get upgrade

If you want to install it for the first time then type :

kartook@Nilas:~$sudo apt-get install openoffice.org

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