Category Archives: Security

News : Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites

Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites ,     Beware of BEAST decrypting secret PayPal cookies By Dan Goodin in San Francisco Posted in ID, 19th September 2011 21:10 GMT Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in virtually all websites protected by the secure sockets layer protocol that allows attackers to silently […]

Security : fail2ban and dependencies

I like to install fail2ban on my Server for securing ssh and Asterisk . Installed: fail2ban.noarch 0:0.8.4-23.el5 Dependency Installed: shorewall.noarch 0:4.0.15-1.el5             shorewall-common.noarch 0:4.0.15-1.el5 shorewall-perl.noarch 0:4.0.15-1.el5   shorewall-shell.noarch 0:4.0.15-1.el5

Cisco : Generate Crypto Keys via ASDM

To generate the key pair from ASDM go to  Configuration, then select the  Device Management tab. Expand  Certificate Management and go to  Identity Certificates. Click  Add and select the  Add a New Identity Certificate radio button.   Then click  New. In the Add Key Pair dialog box,  take the defaults and  click  Generate Now. Don’t […]

Ubuntu : Fix The Screen Messed up at Start-up and Shutdown

If you’re running Ubuntu Maverick with Nvidia Official drivers, and your screen messed up at starting up and shutting down the system. You can try following method to fix the problem. Step 1: First, open up a terminal window from Applications -> Accessories menu. Run this command to install preparing tools: sudo apt-get install v86d […]

Security VOIP :Automated VOIP penetration testing using sipautohack

A demonstration of “sipautohack” scanning an internal network that has 3 SIP devices. For each SIP device that acts as a PBX (registrar) it then identifies the extensions by trying to guess commonly used extension names. For example 1234,2345, 5000,6000 etc. Once it identifies a valid extension such as 6001, it will try to identify […]

LINUX : Install Logwatch on ubuntu

Install Logwatch : Issue the following command to install Logwatch along with Postfix: apt-get install postfix logwatch Be sure to select the “Internet Site” configuration when installing Postfix. Configure Logwatch Link Once you have installed Logwatch, you will need to configure it to email you the reports it generates. You are encouraged to look through […]

Linux : Using Fail2ban to Block Network Probes

Installing and Using Fail2ban On Debian and Ubuntu system Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands: kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for kartook: kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade –show-upgraded kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get install python kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get install fail2ban kartook@K:~$ Afterwards, you will find all […]