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10 Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10

Monday, 08 February 2010
Canonical announced the immediate availability of a new Linux kernel security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The update also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu and it patches 10 important security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various hackers.
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Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility

Sunday, 31 January 2010
Do you have problems with viruses and malware? Do you like to test different Linux distribution on your PC? Do you like to have tools and utilities available to check your PC, to partition your hard disk or to rescue data? This is perhaps the best tool you have ever seen and the best stuff for your USB Stick. Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility (Sardu) is software that can produce an ISO or an IMA anti-virus bootable CD, comprehensive collections of utilities, the most popular distributions of Linux Lite, and the best known Windows PE. In this article we’ll describe how to install more the 20 Live Systems on your USB Stick in 4 steps.
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BackTrack 4 Final Released

Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The BackTrack Dev Team is happy to announce the release of BT4 Final. This is by far our best version yet, and signifies over a year of development work from the team and the community. In the first 12 hours of the release, we've had over 10,000 downloads, 2 server crashes, and one of the largest publicly mentioned releases we have ever had. The downloads are crammed now, torrent is definitely the faster way to go.
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How to run Nessus 4.2 on Backtrack 4

Saturday, 12 December 2009
Nessus is a proprietary comprehensive vulnerability scanning tool. It is free of charge for personal use in a non-enterprise environment. Its goal is to detect potential vulnerabilities on the tested systems. Tanable Network Security announced the release of Nessus 4.2.0 last month. Nessus is now using a web based interface to manage scans and their results. Scan results and policies are now stored on the server. Additionally you can now compare the current scan with „older“ scans. BackTrack is the most top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. Currently BackTrack consists of more than 300 different up-to-date tools which are logically structured according to the work flow of security professionals. This structure allows even newcomers to find the related tools to a certain task to be accomplished. The software is available in version 4 as a “Pre Release” since June 2009. There have been many changes introduced into BackTrack 4. The entire project is now based on Ubuntu. They now maintain their own full repositories with modified Ubuntu packages in addition to their own penetration testing tools. Another significant change is the updated kernel version, currently at 2.6.29.4. BackTrack 4 now contains a modified Ubiquity installer which allows to install the distribution on a hard disk. Keeping BackTrack up to date is relatively simple by using the apt‐get commands.
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Using Zenmap 5.0 on Ubuntu 9.04

Friday, 09 October 2009
Zenmap is the official graphical user interface (GUI) for the Nmap Security Scanner. It is a multi-platform, free and open-source application designed to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users. The purpose of Zenmap is not to replace Nmap. You still can use the good old command-line, but you will be able to use some advanced features like the “Topology” tab. This is an interactive view of the connections between hosts in a network. The following article will explain how to install Zenmap 5.0 on an Ubuntu system and how to use the main features.
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News: A new Linux-Tip website is born

Monday, 08 June 2009
Linux-Tip Europe is a site designed to provide the Linux users community (not only in Europe) with news and articles that are of interest to them. It works by allowing members of the community to submit news and articles relating to Linux hardware and software. This same community can then decide what tips should be promoted based on what they consider to be the most important or interesting to the community by voting stories up and down. Stories that receive enough votes are promoted to the Linux-Tip Europe homepage.
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Tip: Fedora 11's best five features

Saturday, 30 May 2009
Fedora, Red Hat's community Linux's arrival has been delayed until early next week, June 2, but the release candidate is already looking mighty darn good. I've been using Fedora 11 since the late beta showed up in mid-April, and I've been very impressed. It's fast, it's stable, and it's got a snazzy new look. That said, there's one change that I'm not crazy about, audio control, so let's get that out of the way first.
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Tip: The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2009.1 with GNOME

Friday, 08 May 2009
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2009.1 desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Tip: Samurai Web Testing Framework

Tuesday, 05 May 2009
The Samurai Web Testing Framework is a live linux environment that has been pre-configured to function as a web pen-testing environment. The CD contains the best of the open source and free tools that focus on testing and attacking websites.
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