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Nov/11

KeePass Mini Review

Filed Under Security, Software at 1st November 2011 0:01 by

Overview Software and services for password manager have been around for a long time. I was skeptical about using such products because I thought it was leaving “all your eggs in one basket”. Loose your key file and / or … Continue reading →

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Oct/11

Lock & Unlock Windows With Bluetooth

Filed Under Security, Windows at 11th October 2011 0:01 by

Overview I’d love to automate as much as possible and also get some great UIs along the way (Minority Report / Iron Man anyone?). An article I came across from How To Geek was a step closer to the dream. … Continue reading →

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Sep/11

Security Holes & Backdoors In FreePBX

Filed Under Linux, Networking, PBX, Security at 21st September 2011 17:20 by

I found a chilling article by chance the consequence was extremely bad! It seems security was not high on the agenda when FreePBX was initially developed and the developers had built some default and backdoors into a system for easy … Continue reading →

05

Sep/11

Remove WordPress Default Admin Account

Filed Under Security, WordPress at 5th September 2011 17:19 by

A good security tip is to remove the default “admin” account that is installed by default. Before doing so create a new user who also has the role Administrator. When deleting an account such as the admin one, WordPress can … Continue reading →

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Aug/11

Remove Ubuntu Keyring Password

Filed Under Linux, Security at 24th August 2011 10:20 by

I often access Linux remotely but since 10.04 I have been encountering issues with the remote desktop. After a reboot, in order to gain remote desktop connection it would always prompt for a password. In situations where it reboots and … Continue reading →

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Jul/11

Ubuntu 10.04 Firewall (UFW) Basics

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Security at 3rd July 2011 0:01 by

Overview UFW or Uncomplicated FireWall is a basic software solution for protecting against network intrusions. It’s basic in the form that it’s a wrapper around the more powerful and complex iptables and therefore makes some assumptions such as rate limits. … Continue reading →

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Jun/11

Apache 2 Hardening Tips

Filed Under Linux, Security, Web Server at 26th June 2011 0:01 by

Below are some of the tricks I use or found useful to try to mitigate unwanted attention. Whilst this is not a definitive guide these are simple quick things that can be done. This was written for Ubuntu but it … Continue reading →

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Jun/11

Check For Rootkits In Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Security, Software at 18th June 2011 0:01 by

There’s a nice pre-made script which checks your Ubuntu system for Rootkits. Whilst it’s by no means exhaust way of finding out if your system is infected it makes it real simply and easy to do. First thing to do … Continue reading →