HOW TO : Use curl to check the impact of DNS changes
Ran into an interesting scenario at work today. We had to check the impact of a DNS change on a certain hostname. Normally, you would edit...
security
SNL hacked
Screenshot of NBC’ hacked website (in particular the Saturday Night Live section). Link to Hacker News discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4740312 I found it interesting that the site was not...
Another day.. Another Hack
The net is up in arms about a new release from team Ghostshell of compromise data. Details of the leak can be found at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/28/team_ghostshell_megahack/ and the source...
HOW TO : Use openssl client to check for PCI compliant SSL ciphers
Simple one liner to check if your web server is using strong ciphers [code] openssl s_client -cipher LOW -host SERVER_NAME -port 443 [/code]
HOW TO : Use Python to look for credit card numbers
Simple script in python to look for credit card numbers in a file. [code] #Importing modules import re import os # Define variables inputFile = ‘test.txt’...
Project Uptime : Progress Report – 4
Continuing to lock down the server as part of project uptime a bit more.. I highly recommend enabling and using iptables on every Linux server. I...