Security

How to encrypt any drive in Ubuntu in easy way

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 13:40

In this video I demonstrate how you can easily encrypt a flash drive to protect you sensitive data from being accessed by others. This method can also be used to encrypt other storage devices such as flash media, internal and external hard drives.

NOTICE: You might have to restart your computer once you encrypt the drive if you encounter problems mounting it.

Install metasploit with autopwn on Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04

Submitted by k4tz on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 11:45

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1252275

1 Install Ruby & Subversion

sudo apt-get install subversion ruby libruby rdoc libyaml-ruby libzlib-ruby
sudo apt-get install libopenssl-ruby libdl-ruby libreadline-ruby
sudo apt-get install libiconv-ruby rubygems libgtk2-ruby libglade2-ruby

USN-785-1: ipsec-tools vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:47

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-785-1                                               June 09, 2009

ipsec-tools vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1574, CVE-2009-1632 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

Ubuntu 9.04

USN-781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:18

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-781-2 June 03, 2009

gaim vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1376 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

USN-781-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:14

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-781-1                                                June 03, 2009

pidgin vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1374, CVE-2009-1375, CVE-2009-1376 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

Ubuntu 9.04

USN-780-1: CUPS vulnerability

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:10

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-780-1                                                June 03, 2009

cups, cupsys vulnerability

CVE-2009-0949

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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

Ubuntu 9.04

USN-778-1: cron vulnerability

Submitted by k4tz on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 11:38

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-778-1 June 01, 2009

cron vulnerability

CVE-2006-2607

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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

Ubuntu 9.04

USN-765-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 11:33

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-765-1 April 28, 2009

firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1313

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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

Ubuntu 9.04

USN-761-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 10:57

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-761-1 April 20, 2009

php5 vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5814, CVE-2009-0754, CVE-2009-1271 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10

USN-741-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 10:28

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-741-1 March 19, 2009

mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Ubuntu 7.10

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu 8.10