Archive for 2015-07-12
NSA Releases Open Source Network Security Tool for Linux
By : Unknown
The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has
released a network security tool for Government and the private sectors to help
secure their networks against cyber attacks.
Dubbed Systems Integrity Management Platform (SIMP), the
tool is now publicly available on the popular source code sharing website
GitHub.
According to an official release from NSA, SIMP makes it
easier for government organizations and the private sector to "fortify
their networks against cyber threats."
SIMP aims at providing a reasonable combination of security
compliance and operational flexibility, keeping networked systems compliant
with security standards and requirements. It is considered to be a critical
part of a layered, "defence-in-depth" approach to information
security.
"By releasing SIMP, the agency seeks to reduce
duplication of effort and promote greater collaboration within the community:
The wheel would not have to be reinvented for every organization," says
the NSA.
Currently, SIMP supports operating systems including Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Versions 6.6 and 7.1 as well as Community Enterprise
Operating System (CentOS) Versions 6.6 and 7.1-1503-01.
Is the NSA’s SIMP tool Backdoored?
The question here is not how much security NSA's tool
offers, but the question is -- Shall we trust NSA tool?
Until now, the entire world is aware of the NSA’s Global
surveillance practices. The internal data exposed by former contractor Edward
Snowden shown the extent of surveillance and bulk data collection by NSA, which
range from US citizens to leaders of allied governments.
Several US government officials, including the NSA Director
Mike Rogers, outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder, and the FBI director
James Comey, have all suggested that major tech companies such as Apple and
Google should provide law enforcement agencies special access to their users’ encrypted
data, demanding secret backdoors.
Knowing this, one must think twice before adopting NSA’s
latest SIMP tool. However, the security of a Linux is a massive subject and
tools are used to provide additional security on a Linux computer. So, it is
always important to choose a right tool.
After all, Your system’s greatest security lies in only your
hand.
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Hacker who sold Madonna song sentenced to 14 months in prison
By : Unknown
Adi Lederman has been sentenced to 14 months in prison in Israel after being found guilty of selling and stealing singer Madonna's unreleased songs.
He was also fined 5,000 shekels, which comprehends to about $3900. The court has sad that an appropriate punishment will deter this kind of incidents in the future.
Madonna's latest album Rebel Heart was leaked on the internet last year. At the time she said' “I have been violated as a human and an artist.”
Later she later six songs, calling it an “early Christmas gift” for her fans.
He was also fined 5,000 shekels, which comprehends to about $3900. The court has sad that an appropriate punishment will deter this kind of incidents in the future.
Madonna's latest album Rebel Heart was leaked on the internet last year. At the time she said' “I have been violated as a human and an artist.”
Later she later six songs, calling it an “early Christmas gift” for her fans.
Lederman was arrested earlier this year and agreed to a plea deal after confessing the crime.
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