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  • Tenable releases new version of Nessus that also runs on Raspberry Pi

    Security firm Tenable has released version 10.0 of Nessus, a vulnerability scanner that is among the better known tools used to search for vulnerabilities on networked systems.

    In a statement, the company said with this version, the number of supported platforms for Nessus had been extended to include the Raspberry Pi.

    Nessus works by testing out each port on a system, determining what service it is running and then testing the service to see if it is a vulnerable version.

    Nessus server is available for Unix, Linux and FreeBSD, while the client runs on both Unix-based and Windows-based operating systems.

  • Patch Central: October fixes from Apple, Adobe, Mozilla, and Linux
  • Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal & Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-41773 & CVE-2021-42013)

    On October 4, 2021, Apache HTTP Server Project released Security advisory on a Path traversal and File disclosure vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 and 2.4.50 tracked as CVE-2021-41773 and CVE-2021-42013. In the advisory, Apache also highlighted "the issue is known to be exploited in the wild" and later it was identified that the vulnerability can be abused to perform remote code execution. For exploiting both the vulnerabilities Apache HTTP server must be running in non-default configuration.

  • Book Review: Bug Bounty Bootcamp · System Overlord

    Bug Bounty Bootcamp (Amazon, No Starch Press) by Vickie Li is one of No Starch Press’s newest offerings in the security space. The alliterative title is also the best three word summary I could possibly offer of the book – it is clearly focused on getting the reader into a position to participate in Bug Bounties from the first page to the last. This differentiates this book well against other web security books, despite covering many of the same vulnerabilities.

    [...]

    The first couple of chapters provide an introduction to the Bug Bounty space, helping the reader to understand the role of bounties in the overall security program of a company, selecting a bounty to participate in, and how the programs are managed in different situations. It also does a fairly good job of setting expectations for new bounty participants, but I think it might be a little bit on the optimistic side for some that are newer to the space.

  • Cracker Hackers Having a Field Day With GitLab Vulnerability

    Anybody running on-premise GitLab servers need to patch for CVE-2021-22205, an exploit that was discovered in April, and which GitLab patched on April 14.

    Evidently a lot of people didn’t get the message to install the fix, which is unfortunate because the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

    According to the headline on one security website: “Tens of thousands unpatched GitLab servers under attack.” Another website says that black hats are taking advantage of the vulnerability to launch distributed denial of service attacks exceeding 1 Tbps.

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today's howtos

  • How to install go1.19beta on Ubuntu 22.04 – NextGenTips

    In this tutorial, we are going to explore how to install go on Ubuntu 22.04 Golang is an open-source programming language that is easy to learn and use. It is built-in concurrency and has a robust standard library. It is reliable, builds fast, and efficient software that scales fast. Its concurrency mechanisms make it easy to write programs that get the most out of multicore and networked machines, while its novel-type systems enable flexible and modular program constructions. Go compiles quickly to machine code and has the convenience of garbage collection and the power of run-time reflection. In this guide, we are going to learn how to install golang 1.19beta on Ubuntu 22.04. Go 1.19beta1 is not yet released. There is so much work in progress with all the documentation.

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  • How To Install MongoDB on AlmaLinux 9 - idroot

    In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MongoDB on AlmaLinux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, MongoDB is a high-performance, highly scalable document-oriented NoSQL database. Unlike in SQL databases where data is stored in rows and columns inside tables, in MongoDB, data is structured in JSON-like format inside records which are referred to as documents. The open-source attribute of MongoDB as a database software makes it an ideal candidate for almost any database-related project. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the MongoDB NoSQL database on AlmaLinux 9. You can follow the same instructions for CentOS and Rocky Linux.

  • An introduction (and how-to) to Plugin Loader for the Steam Deck. - Invidious
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    Ghost is a very popular open-source content management system. Started as an alternative to WordPress and it went on to become an alternative to Substack by focusing on membership and newsletter. The creators of Ghost offer managed Pro hosting but it may not fit everyone's budget. Alternatively, you can self-host it on your own cloud servers. On Linux handbook, we already have a guide on deploying Ghost with Docker in a reverse proxy setup. Instead of Ngnix reverse proxy, you can also use another software called Traefik with Docker. It is a popular open-source cloud-native application proxy, API Gateway, Edge-router, and more. I use Traefik to secure my websites using an SSL certificate obtained from Let's Encrypt. Once deployed, Traefik can automatically manage your certificates and their renewals. In this tutorial, I'll share the necessary steps for deploying a Ghost blog with Docker and Traefik.