Internet Safety Tips for Kids & Teens
Internet Safety Tips for Kids & Teens Personal Information. Don’t give out personal information without your parents’ permission. This means you should not share your last name, home address, school name, or telephone number. Remember, just because someone asks for information about you does not mean you have to tell them anything about yourself! Screen […]
Openvas 9 on Ubuntu Setup
Sysadmin Ramblings Basic Installation Install Ubuntu 16.04LTS Make sure you update your newly installed system with the latest patches - security updates. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Openvas9 is available as a package for Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mrazavi/openvas sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openvas9 Follow the prompts and […]
Update OpenVAS Plugins (NVT, Cert Data & SCAP Data) Automatically
Once you have install OpenVAS it is a good idea to ensure it is kept up to date and running the latest security scripts to find the latest vulnerabilities as well as sync to the most updated nvt, scap and cert data. The best way to do this is to create a script that sync's […]
How to Reset or Create a Password for OpenVas
The password to access OpenVas vulnerability scanner with username ‘admin’ is created during the initial setup. At times you forget the password or want to reset it. This can be accomplished by resetting the password using the following command: To change admin password: sudo openvasmd -- --user=admin -- --new-password=letmein Then logon using admin for the username […]
Did Cambridge Analytica access your Facebook information? How to check and protect yourself
Starting this past Monday, Facebook started to inform users if their data may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica. The social media company is informing affected users at the top of “News Feeds.” The alert, titled “Protecting Your Information,” will be visible to users whose information was accessed by a third-party website and potentially shared […]
Important Message Regarding MyFitnessPal Account Security
NOTICE OF DATA BREACH To the MyFitnessPal Community: We are writing to notify you about an issue that may involve your MyFitnessPal account information. We understand that you value your privacy and we take the protection of your information seriously. What Happened? On March 25, 2018, we became aware that during February of this year […]
Baltimore becomes the third U.S. city in a week to be hacked
An article by Julius White at WEAA.org: Ransomware. Privacy. User Data. Facebook. Hacked. Those words and phrases have been all over the news in the past couple of weeks. Just last week, the City of Atlanta’s computer network was hacked and those responsible demanded $58,000 in ransomware to allow the city to regain its systems. […]
Under Armour MyFitnessPal hack affects 150 million user accounts
The accounts of about 150 million users of nutrition-tracking app MyFitnessPal were breached last month, Under Armour (UAA) said Thursday, adding its name to the list of corporations targeted by hackers. Hackers gained access to personal data included user names, emails and encrypted passwords, the sportswear apparel maker said in a news release. The affected […]
Open Vulnerability Assessment System release 9 (OpenVAS-9)
The OpenVAS developers are happy to announce a round of maintenance releases for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System release 9 (OpenVAS-9). This round includes the following releases: - OpenVAS Libraries 9.0.2 - OpenVAS Scanner 5.1.2 Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the releases. For a detailed list of the changes in the individual […]