General Security
Department of Homeland Security Issues Warning about Potential Cyber-attacks and Civil Protests from Hacking Group “Anonymous”

Cyber-hacking groups have gotten the attention of the Department of Homeland Security, which recently issued a warning about potential cyber-attacks and civil protests from the hacking group known as “Anonymous.”

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Hack
DigiNotar Related Articles

A preliminary analysis of the incident now claims that there have been 531 fraudulent certificates. The hackers may have explored DigiNotar's servers for the first time in early June and gained control on June 17. The company detected the hack on June 19, but failed to prevent the creation of the first rogue certificate on July 2. The hacker activity apparently ended on July 22.

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Training
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Security Magazine
BSD Magazine: Protecting Dynamic Websites in FreeBSD

The latest issue of BSD magazine is available: Protecting dynamic websites in FreeBSD.

Darrel Levitch has an article about installing and configuring DNSSEC for small networks using Unbound. Then the Developers Corner, which is very PC-BSD oriented this month – with two articles written by Kris Moore and Dru Lavigne focusing how easy it is to update your PC-BSD and how to backup it to FreeNAS with Life Preserver.

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