Security holes in Linux
Linux and malware threats
The reasons why much of the community tends increasingly to switch to Linux are several. One has to do with the comparison between the security it can offer, perhaps Microsoft Windows operating system more "popular" by default-and the kind of experience we offer GNU / Linux. It is public knowledge that if there is an easy target for malware that is Windows.
But this can not lead to a blind fanaticism on the part of users, as every system has a dark side, weak, weak. The time at which the castle becomes a house of cards, like a Radiohead song says. And this has been evidenced in the last ShmooCon hacker conference. It could be demonstrated with Pen in hand, even GNU / Linux had cracks for which you could spend a source of danger.
The cause is located in the Evince, the package would generate a Thumbnail that would enable it to mount an exploit that would eventually take control of the system with the help, unintentional, the user. Read more
Backtrack 4
Backtrack 4 and jubilant security experts.
What is Backtrack 4? Backtrack 4 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, which allows the realization of complete computer analysis and security testing. For this last thing for both system administrators and for people working in computer audit has become an indispensable ally.
The analysis that we can do with this distribution are numerous, and we will make through utilities that allow audit from the wireless network, port scanning and vulnerability alerts, not forgetting sniffers, exploits files, among others. And what's more, these utilities include the latest versions as the Backtrack 4 has a short time since its launch. Read more
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