Episode 229 – I’m just here to push the buttons
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Intro:
Tony Bemus, Tom Lawrence, and Mary Tomich
Sound bites by Mike Tanner
Tech News:
Password Rules Are BS
https://blog.codinghorror.com/password-rules-are-bullshit/
New Ubuntu Tutorials
Dell investment into making Linux laptops has paid off well. ‘Do something and be truthful’ was one of the mantras the Linux team has held themselves to.
http://www.techradar.com/news/why-dells-gamble-on-linux-laptops-has-paid-off
Ubuntu is moving all their domains to https
https://design.canonical.com/2017/03/securing-our-sites-with-https/
NASA Has Just Released Tons Of Free And Open Source Software
https://fossbytes.com/nasa-free-open-source-software/
Bash Bunny is a full featured Linux box with shell access from a dedicated serial console. You can go from plug to pwn in 7 seconds on a fast computer with an ssd
https://hakshop.com/products/bash-bunny
WiFi Jammer takes advantage of deauth packets, 802.11w was designed to protect against this attack but since the protocols release in 2009, adoption has been slow
https://latesthackingnews.com/2017/01/08/wifijammer-blocks-wifi-clientsrouters/
Firefox 56 on the Linux side have dropped support for processors older than the Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Opteron.
Malware found using DNS TXT Records to Deliver Payload and Act as a Command Channel using Powershell Executed from a Word Document
http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/03/dnsmessenger.html
Zero W Joins Raspberry Pi Family on 5th Birthday
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84339.html?rss=1
HackerOne Offers Free Service to Open Source Projects
http://www.securityweek.com/hackerone-offers-free-services-open-source-projects
Multiple Zero-days Disclosed in Western Digital NAS Storage Devices
http://www.securityweek.com/multiple-zero-days-disclosed-western-digital-nas-storage-devices
Panopticlick vs The Trackers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbjhuEc2Js
linux conf 2017 on youtube
Tmux – tmux is a “terminal multiplexer”, it enables a number of terminals (or windows)
to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a
simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU screen.
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux
Sshuttle – poor mans vpn over ssh
- https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle
- LGPL 2.1 (Lesser GPL, means that the software does not guarantee the end users complete freedom)
- Python project, installs via pip
Yamllint – does not only check for syntax validity, but for weirdnesses like key repetition and cosmetic problems such as lines length, trailing spaces, indentation, etc.
- https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
- Python 2/3 project, installs via pip
- GPL 3.0
Asciiquarium – Enjoy the mysteries of the sea from the safety of your own terminal!
- http://www.robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/html/
- GPL 2.0
- Run it on my raspberry pi
- Screensaver for my tv
- Cats love it
RuboCop – Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.
- https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop
- Installs via gem
- MIT licensed
KDE Korner
Security corner
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