Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools: Using Open Source Platform Tools for Performing Computer Forensics on Target Systems: Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, etc
Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools is the definitive book on investigating and analyzing computer systems and media using open source tools. The book is a technical procedural guide, and explains the use of these tools on Linux and Windows systems as a platform for performing computer forensics. Both well known and novel forensic methods [...]
Snort IDS and IPS Toolkit (Jay Beale’s Open Source Security)
This all new book covering the brand new Snort version 2.6 from members of the Snort developers team. This fully integrated book, CD, and Web toolkit covers everything from packet inspection to optimizing Snort for speed to using the most advanced features of Snort to defend even the largest and most congested enterprise networks. Leading [...]
Symantec: 2006 hacking led to source code theft (Jim Finkle/Reuters)
Jim Finkle / Reuters:Symantec: 2006 hacking led to source code theft — (Reuters) – Symantec Corp, the world’s biggest maker of antivirus software, said that hackers breached its networks in 2006, stealing source code to its flagship security programs and three other products. — Unknown hackers obtained … “internet security” – Techmeme Search
Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project (Dan DeFelippi/Razor Fast)
Dan DeFelippi / Razor Fast:Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project — Yesterday morning I woke up much earlier than I wanted. Instead of lying in bed, wishing I was asleep, I decided to get up and check out Hacker News. Better to waste my time reading industry news than lying around.
Open Source E-mail Security
Product DescriptionIn this book you’ll learn the technology underlying secure e-mail systems, from the protocols involved to the open source software packages used to implement e-mail security. This book explains the secure MIME (S/MIME) protocol and how it is used to protect data transmitted across the Internet. It also explains the concepts crucial to stopping [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Northrop Grumman May Have Been Hit by Cyberattack, Source Says (Jeremy A. Kaplan/Fox News)
Jeremy A. Kaplan / Fox News:EXCLUSIVE: Northrop Grumman May Have Been Hit by Cyberattack, Source Says — Top military contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. may have been hit by a cyber assault, the latest in a string of alarming attacks against military suppliers, a source within the company told FoxNews.com.
Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal Power Tools: Customizing Open Source Security Applications
Product DescriptionThis book will cover customizing Snort to perform intrusion detection and prevention; Nessus to analyze the network layer for vulnerabilities; and Ethereal to “sniff” their network for malicious or unusual traffic. The book will also contain an appendix detailing “the best of the rest” open source security tools. Each of these tools is intentionally [...]
How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools
Product DescriptionThe Perfect Reference for the Multitasked SysAdminThis is the perfect guide if network security tools is not your specialty. It is the perfect introduction to managing an infrastructure with freely available, and powerful, Open Source tools. Learn how to test and audit your systems using products like Snort and Wireshark and some of the [...]
Selinux: NSA’s Open Source Security Enhanced Linux
Product DescriptionThe intensive search for a more secure operating system has often left everyday, production computers far behind their experimental, research cousins. Now SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) dramatically changes this. This best-known and most respected security-related extension to Linux embodies the key advances of the security field. Better yet, SELinux is available in widespread and [...]
What is the best open source antivirus software? best open source internet security software package?
We currently have kaspersky antivirus. I was wondering if there was a comparable open source antivirus softwaremanufacturer.We currentlydo not have internet security software installed on our computer.
