New: security101-dimitrispAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959hive-185836hive-166405steemphotographyhive-150122hive-180932hive-101145hive-183397hive-144064uncommonlabhive-188619hive-184714bitcoinkrsuccesshive-145157hive-103599hive-193637hive-179660hive-193186hive-180301TrendingNewHotLikersdimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101: Account Security - Account Types & GuidelinesIn this part we will examine user account types, and we'll see a few guidelines and methods we can use to protect our system a little bit by enforcing strong passwords etc. Previous parts: 1.…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101: Account Security - PAM!It is generally easier to attack a system when you already have access to an account. And the more privileges the account has, the bigger the damage you can do. A privilege escalation attack is a…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101: Physical Security - Control+Alt+Delete & Wrapping it up!In this final "Physical Security" part, we will learn how to disable Control+Alt+Delete from rebooting your system! Image source Previous parts: 1. Introduction 2. General Principles…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101: Physical Security - Disk Encryption IIIn this part, we're going to examine how can we use encryption on systems where we don't have block level access to devices, as well as how can we encrypt devices without losing our data. Image…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101: Physical Security - Disk Encryption IIn the previous part we secured our bootloader against the Single User Mode hole, but we discovered that if we boot up a CD/DVD and try the recovery method, the data is still vulnerable. The best…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoSecurity 101 - Physical Security - Securing your BootloaderIn the previous part, we secured our system against the "Single User Mode exploit" to disallow unwanted intruders from gaining full root access. We now feel that our system is a little bit more…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoLinux Security 101: 4. Physical Security: Single User ModeFor the next couple of parts, we will start examining in practice a couple of ways we can increase our machine's Physical Security. In this article we will secure the system's Single User…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoLinux Security 101: Physical Security: IntroPhysical Security is almost always overlooked. A company server in the premises for example, may have a ton of security measures implemented, but no physical security measures. In the past I worked…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoLinux Security 101: General Principles & GuidelinesIf you didn't catch the previous article, click here We will now talk about some security principles & guidelines. We won't be getting very specific in this post, but this will help you get a…dimitrisp (68)in security • 7 years agoLinux Security 101: IntroductionIn this series of articles, we will be talking about Security . We will begin with a few common facts and misconceptions about Linux, and then we will get our hands dirty. Please note, you…
