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Open source NAC system PacketFence 3.6 released
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Among the features provided by PacketFence, there are: BYOD (Bring Your …
ModSecurity 2.7.0 released
ModSecurity makes full HTTP transaction logging possible, allowing complete requests and responses to be logged. Its logging facilities also allow fine-grained decisions to be …
Whonix: Anonymous operating system
Whonix is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Ubuntu GNU/Linux and Tor. By Whonix design, IP and DNS leaks are impossible. Not even malware …
Pen-testing Cookie Cadger continues where Firesheep left off
When the Firesheep extension was revealed to the world in late 2010, its developer said that his main goal was to get sites to switch to full end-to-end encryption, i.e. SSL. …
Oracle releases MySQL 5.6 RC
Oracle announced the availability of the Release Candidate for MySQL 5.6, the popular open source database. MySQL 5.6 RC provides enhanced linear scalability, helping users to …
Mozilla launches its privacy-friendly website login system
Remember Mozilla’s introduction of the BrowserID browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users? Well, the login system that was created a …
OpenStack Folsom adds network automation and Hyper-V support
OpenStack Folsom, the sixth release of the open source cloud computing platform, saw a 65 percent increase in contributors, as well as the addition of Networking and Block …
Open source self-service cloud portal
ScaleXtreme released free open source software for companies to build internal cloud dashboards and self-service portals for developers and other end-users. The technology …
Malicious phpMyAdmin served from SourceForge mirror
A malicious version of the open source Web-based MySQL database administration tool phpMyAdmin has been discovered on one of the official mirror sites of SourceForge, the …
SUSE Manager update streamlines Linux management
SUSE released SUSE Manager 1.7 of its systems management solution for enterprise Linux environments. SUSE Manager’s capabilities help enterprises to comprehensively …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 35 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 35 has been released today. Table of contents: …
Open source vulnerability management platform
Denim Group announced ThreadFix, an open source, freely-available vulnerability management platform that accelerates the process of resolving application-level …