Linux : How to Disable Direct Root Logins

Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue.

This will force a hacker to have to guess 2 seperate passwords to gain root access.
(you do have 2 seperate passwords for [...]

Linux :How to encrypt text file in Linux (VIM)

How to encrypt text file in Linux (VIM)

It is very easy to encrypt a text file in Linux, VIM text editor can be used to achieve it.. vim -x [file name]

[kartook@Nilas ~]$ vim -x kartook.txt

This will prompt us to enter encryption key (password)

Enter encryption key : ******
Enter same key again: ******

After that, key [...]

Cisco’s offers borderless security

With a view to tackle today’s enterprise security challenges Cisco has evolved a new architecture for enterprise security that will help enable business users to access information from any device and any location with a high degree of ease and security, The Secure Borderless Network architecture focuses on four critical anchors: enterprise end-points (mobile or [...]

Cybersecurity Experts: The FBI Wants You

FBI Director Robert Mueller sounded a call to arms at RSA, telling security experts that the country needs their help to fight cybercrime and terrorist attacks. He also enlisted the help of companies, promising greater sensitivity on the agency’s part when investigating breaches. “We know that putting on raid jackets, courting the media, and shutting [...]

Security : Encrypt CD/DVDs

This guide can be adapted to all linux ditro, its not one specific.

Installing necessary tools

kartook@Nilas:~$sudo apt-get install aespipe mkisofs loop-aes-utils

Chose a password
You need to chose a 20+ character password and DO NOT FORGET IT, you will NEVER get your data back if you forget the password.

Note : Use KeePass

Creating the CD/DVD image
Make a directory called [...]

Spy on your users through SSH

See what your users are doing using SSH connected to your system – this will show you what happens on the first console. If someone is typing, you’ll be able to get an output of his keystrokes. Substitute cat /dev/vcs1 with cat /dev/vcs2 or cat /dev/vcs3 and so on for other [...]

Twitter Phishing Attacks Asks, 'This You????'

The wave of phishing attacks against Twitter users continues to catch unwary surfers.

The latest attack seen spreading across the microblogging network asks a very simple question:

This you????

followed by a shortened link pointing to a bogus Web page that is posing as the Twitter login screen.

Watch this Youtube

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Cisco : How to Check an AAA-Server Authentication on Cisco ASA/PIX/FWSM

How to Check an AAA-Server Authentication on Cisco ASA/PIX/FWSM

CISCO-ASA-LAB#
CISCO-ASA-LAB# test aaa-sever ?
test aaa-server [authentication|authorization] [host |] username password

For example:

CISCO-ASA-LAB# test aaa-server authentication TACGroup username kartook password cisco12366

if authentication is successful (output mentioned below)

INFO: Authentication Successful

if authentication fails (output mentioned below)

ERROR: Authentication Rejected: Unspecified

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security :Howto Crack “Password Protection” / “Recover” the Excel

In order to perform the crack / recovery, we are going to use a small utility called xlcrack, xlcrack recovers lost or forgotten passwords from XLS files such as those created by Microsoft Excel. Some newer XLS files are not suitable for password recovery using this software.

Install libgsf-1

kartook@Nilas:~$sudo apt-get install libgsf-1-dev

Download and compile xlcrack

kartook@Nilas:~$wget http://freshmeat.net/urls/1d5772c1c5bea2854e1d04b29f1f772a
kartook@Nilas:~$tar [...]

Security :How to Crack Zip Files Password on ubuntu

If you forget your password for compressed archive (rar, 7z, zip), RarCrack is the solution. RarCrack uses a brute-force algorithm to find correct password. You can specify which characters will be used in password generations.

Preparing your system for installation

Install the following package

kartook@Nilas:~$ aptitude install libxml2-dev build-essential

Download the latest version of rarcrack from here

kartook@Nilas:~$ wgethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/rarcrack/files/rarcrack-0.2/%5BUnnamed%20release%5D/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2/download

Extract the [...]