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Operating Systems can be detected using Ping Command, Ping is a computer network administration software utility, which used to find the Availability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Ping operates by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request packets to the target host and waiting for an ICMP Echo Reply. TTL […]
ExTiX is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that has been slowly gaining popularity in recent years. The developer of this operating system has recently released the updated version, and it’s packed with features. The latest release is also being called ExTiX 19.3 Xfc4/Kodi Live DVD. It’s based on the development branch of Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo and features Xfce 4.13 desktop environment […]
On February 28th, Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04.6 as an unscheduled update to fix a major security flaw and ensured that integrity of all the new installations. Following the same, the Ubuntu team has pushed another updated point release for the vintage Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr. It’s worth noting that unlike other point updates, this release for the Desktop and […]
In an official blog post, the Linux-powered hardware maker Purism announced that they’ve achieved convergence between mobile OS and desktop OS. This news comes as a pleasant surprise after the (failed) efforts made by Canonical to create a convergent Ubuntu OS for mobile and desktop. Purism details convergence as a term used to describe “similar functioning of an app across […]
It’s not a hidden fact that the National Security Agency (NSA) develops and uses many powerful and in-house security tools for carrying out different “important” tasks. Ghidra is one such well-known software reverse engineering toolkit that the agency has been using for a long time. At 2019’s RSA security conference, the NSA open sourced the […]
Last summer, at Google Next conference, Google announced two new hardware products built around its Edge TPU chip to accelerate machine learning workloads on embedded AI devices and existing systems. Now, without much fanfare, the company has released these products officially — a new Coral development board and a USB accelerator. Both products will also make […]
Linux Mint, the popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and Debian is in the middle of getting a facelift. The logo of the elegant yet robust operating system is undergoing some significant changes along with the company’s website. The project head at Linux Mint explains that the objective behind this facelift is to resolve all […]
Linux Foundation announced the launch of a new open source project focused on developing applications and Linux based systems for safety-critical systems. A safety-critical system is one in which failures could result in property damage, loss of life, environmental damage or injury. First reported by Data Center Knowledge, the project aims at ensuring that such critical […]
The Linux creator Linus Torvalds has finally released Linux 5.0 after a long wait. Earlier this year in January, he confirmed the same with the shipping of the first release candidate of Linux 5.0. However, in case you were expecting tons of major features with this numerical jump from 4.x to 5.x, you’ll end up […]
Yesterday, Ubuntu announced an unscheduled point release of its 16.04 LTS version for both its server and desktop products. The Ubuntu 16.04.6 version was developed as a patch for a major vulnerability that was found in the popular Debian-based OS. The flaw allowed attackers to trick the operating systems Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) to install altered packages. Discovered by Max Justicz, certain parameters were handled incorrectly by the APT […]
Pixelbooks, which run on Chrome OS, are compatible with Linux apps owing to Google’s Crostini software. However, it is still in beta, and there are many limitations if you are running Linux apps. One of the major limitations is that Linux apps on Chrome OS do not support hardware-accelerated graphics and audio. Google is planning to end […]
A low interaction honeypot with the capability to be more of a medium interaction honeypot. HoneyPy is written in Python2 and is intended to be easy to: install and deploy extend with plugins and loggers run with custom configurations Feel free to follow the QuickStart Guide to dive in directly. The main documentation can be […]
Offensive Security has announced the launch of Kali Linux 2019.1, the go-to operating system for penetration testers and cyber security enthusiasts. The Debian GNU/Linux based OS has been launched with Metasploit 5.0, which is considered to be among the best pen-testing frameworks available in the market today. The tool has received a number of improvements […]
Canonical has finally released the second point release of its Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver LTS operating system. Ubuntu 18.04.2 follows Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, which arrived last year in July. As expected, this version has been made available for Desktop, Server, and Cloud platforms, along with different official flavors like Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu […]
Various Linux distributions might be affected by this security issue Critical privilege-escalation vulnerability could grant total control of the system compromised to attackers. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Ubuntu and some other Linux distributions users could be impacted. The vulnerability has been tracked as CVE-2019-7304 […]
Justniffer is a network protocol analyzer that captures network traffic and produces logs in a customized way, can emulate Apache web server log files, track response times and extract all “intercepted” files from the HTTP traffic. It lets you interactively trace tcp traffic from a live network or from a previously saved capture file. Justniffer’s […]
Vulnerability has a score of 7.2/10 on the CVSS scale Linux system users are dealing with a new threat. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a critical vulnerability has been discovered affecting the runC runtime container function that works with Docker, cri-o, containerd and Kubernetes. RunC […]
Back in December 2017, Microsoft launched Windows 10 On ARM — a new operating system designed to run Windows 10 on laptops powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. While the computers designed for this version of Windows have failed to make an impact on the market, they’ve surely attracted the attention of the open source community. Just […]
HTTrack allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site’s relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the “mirrored” website in your browser, and you can browse […]
Major Security Flaws Identified in RDP Protocols making Machines Prone to Remote Code Execution and Reverse RDP Attacks. Check Point researchers have identified that three remote desktop protocol (RDP) tools, which are probably the most popular ones for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, are plagued with not one or two but twenty-five CVE-listed security flaws. […]
Many researchers believe that this new Trojan could detonate an important wave of cyberattacks Network security and ethical hacking researchers from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported the emergence of a cryptocurrency mining campaign that uses the Linux backdoor SpeakUp. According to reports, this campaign would have already infected more than 70k servers worldwide […]