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juin 16, 2018



Just days after the historic summit between the US and North Korea the US Department of Homeland Security identifies malicious activity originating from the North Korean Government, this was based on a report released on Thursday.
It would seem there is a new variant of Malware called TypeFrame. The report stated that the malware will be able to install additional malicious programs, proxies and trojans, modify firewalls and connect back to a command and control server. Most malware follow the same pattern, TypeFrame is just the latest version of the malware.
The DHS has issued a new alert due to North Korea’s malicious cyber activity. DHS also pointed out that the nation is trying to hack every other country around the world since 2009. The US also suspects North Korea as  being the source of the WannaCry attack that caused damage to Russia, Ukraine and UK’s National Health Service.
“This malware variant is known as TYPEFRAME,” according to the report by the DHS Computer Emergency Readiness Team, noting that “the US Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA.”
This is not the first time for the US to blame North Korean Hackers saying they have targeted major nations.
“Since June 2017, DHS and the FBI have publicly released 11 national cyber awareness products associated with North Korean government malicious cyber activity; four joint Technical Alerts (TA) and seven joint Malware Analysis Reports (MAR),” a DHS spokesperson told CNN.
“DHS pursues a model of ‘collective defence’ in cybersecurity, meaning government and industry take collaborative, tangible actions together to mitigate threats and reduce the most serious, enduring and collective strategic cyber risks to the United States and to our international partners,” the spokesperson said.
 
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juin 09, 2018

Installing heroku cli on kali linux

Ubuntu , Debian : 


I had tried installing heroku cli on my machine for about two weeks using the commands on https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli , but all had be in vain.
After a couple of hours searching on stack overflow this morning, I came across this magical commands and thought it is wise sharing it with others.
$ apt-get update
$ wget -O- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh
$ heroku update
THIS SHOULD INSTALL HEROKU ON YOUR MACHINE
Or on Kali linux :        
  npm update -g heroku

Or            npm i -g npm


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mars 11, 2018
A DHS cyber-security audit for FISMA compliance, conducted by the Office of Inspector General rated the agency below the target levels in three out of five areas of information security.


The Office of Inspector General assessed the information security acts that were in practice by the Department of Homeland Security and found out that the agency was underperforming the expected targets in three out of five areas and so was not up to the mark. Three of these were given a level two while the remaining two got a level four.
This audit was performed following the guidelines of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, 2014 (FISMA) so as to determine whether the practices and programs of DHS information security program are adequate in keeping the information and information systems secure or not and are there systems something that can be completely relied upon.
Unfortunately, while DHS FISMA scores were being expected to be around Level Four, the DHS cyber-security audit found that this agency only meets two out of the five targets of cyber-security functions.
Of the five functions which are:  Identity, Detect, Protection, Recover and Respond, DHS FISMA scored at Level Four in Identify and Response but at Level Three in Protection, Detect, and Recover.
The OIG report noted that DHS met FISMA compliance for 98% to 99% of systems in DHS headquarters, Coast Guard, and FEMA.
The OIG report reached to the conclusion that because of the FISMA results in the DHS cyber-security audit, an additional oversight and understanding is required for the department to put in all the required effort to improve in making sure that the constituents comply perfectly with the Federal and DHS information security policy.
This how the results can be enhanced and made to reach a level four.
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mars 07, 2018
Use Linux on a Samsung device?
Samsung has launched a survey to find out what users want and expect from the Linux on Galaxy idea.
The ‘Linux on Galaxy’ project allows a regular desktop Linux distro to run on select Samsung smartphones by sharing the same Linux kernel used in Android.
Users can then connect their smartphone to a Samsung DeX dock to convert their Samsung smartphone in to a normal desktop PC with an external monitor, bluetooth keyboard, mouse and so on.
‘Samsung want to learn more about how people intend to use Linux on Galaxy devices’
“Linux on Galaxy allows the latest Samsung Galaxy smartphone users to run their preferred Linux distribution on their smartphones utilizing the same Linux kernel that powers the Android OS to ensure the best possible performance,” the project page explains.
The company shared a proof-of-concept video of Ubuntu running on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone last year.
Now Samsung want to learn more about how people intend to use ‘Linux on Galaxy’ devices, the apps they want, and the Linux distro they’d like to run on it.
Take the Samsung ‘Linux on Galaxy’ Survey
In an email sent to those who registered for updates on the project Samsung writes:
“Thank you for showing interest in Linux on Galaxy, and for signing up for information and updates on the project.
“In order to determine how to best design the product to meet your needs, we ask for a moment of your time to complete this Linux on Galaxy Survey.”
If the novel idea — don’t use the ‘c’ word, it’s still too soon — has you interested do take the time to chime in with your thoughts.
You can take the survey at the link below but be aware that the survey will close/vanish at some point, so don’t dawdle!
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juillet 05, 2017

It’s now even easier to find Snap apps in Ubuntu Software.
The latest stable update to Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu 17.04 (and up) ships with a number of Snap friendly improvements, including spotlighting a selection of Snap apps under the ‘Editor’s Picks‘ section on the home page of the software store app.
‘Featured Snaps’ are mixed in with regular upstream GNOME recommendations. The exact metric(s) that determines which apps snag a spot here isn’t one I know, so if you do please sate my curiosity in the comments!
Not that you’ll be able to tell the Snap apps from the regular archive suggestions — but that’s by design as the backend is not the sell, the app is.
These are the Snap apps listed under editor’s picks

Aside from making it easier for popular Snap apps to be discovered by users launching the Ubuntu Software app the latest stable update also improves the presentation of some Snap app listings in the store itself.
Specifically, Snaps without icons (including CLI tools like Emoj) don’t show up in the ‘Installed‘ section of the app store but do show up in search, creating confusion and making it a little harder to perform software management tasks.
Not so as in the latest release; Snap apps now show up reliably in the appropriate places, as intended.
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juillet 05, 2017

A new version of KeePassXC, the community-driven fork of password manager KeePassX is out, and it unlocks a boatload of new features.
Janek Bevendorff, announcing the release of KeePassXC 2.2.0, says the update has “lots of new features and bug fixes in a well-rounded release.”
Among those new features you’ll find:
  • Time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) generator
  • Diceware password generator
  • YubiKey challenge-response/2FA support
  • CSV database import
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Portable mode with the config file residing in the same directory as the application
  • Single-instance mode
  • Extended ascii support in password generator
  • Automatic database locking when you lock your desktop session
  • New welcome screen when no database is loaded
“[KeePassXC] 2.2.0 is by far the biggest KeePassXC release so far and we thank all contributors who have made this amazing release possible,” Bevendorff adds.
KeePassXC is a fork of the password manager app KeePassX, which is itself is a port of the Windows-specific KeePass.

Download & Install KeePassXC on Ubuntu


KeePassXC is available to download and install on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions using a variety of different methods, including an AppImage and Snap app.
The latter of these is the recommended way to install KeePassXC on Ubuntu. You can install the KeePassXC 2.2.0 Snap app through the command line or through Ubuntu Software:

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juillet 05, 2017 ,

KDE users keen wanting to get a taste of GNOME Shell’s Activities Overview can now do so thanks to a new project.
qOverview is a dashboard “inspired by” GNOME’s Activities. It’s written in QML and has a Python backend, which means it should be able to run on pretty much any modern desktop environment, including KDE Plasma.
Writing on Reddit the project dev, Bharadwaj Raju, explains: “apparently quite a lot of people miss GNOME’s Activities overview in Plasma. I thought I could have a try at making a replacement.”
The Github page for the project says that “every feature of GNOME Activities is provided except drag-and-drop windows to workspaces [and] a more natural layout for the windows”.
A keyboard shortcut can be assigned to trigger qOverview, as can a screen ‘hot corner’, to further emulate the UX model of GNOME Shell.
Want to try it?
It’s still very much early days for the project. To try it out you’ll need to install a stack of dependencies and be comfortable running and configuring the app from the command line.
Regardless of whether you appreciate the intent or not qOverView is nonetheless a great demonstration of the versatility and adaptability of various open-source technologies and desktop environments.
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juin 19, 2017 ,
logo
logo rescatux


Description


Rescatux is a GNU/Linux repair cd (and eventually also Windows) but it is not like other rescue disks. Rescatux comes with Rescapp. Rescapp is a nice wizard that will guide you through your rescue and repair tasks.

When the wizard is not able to solve your problem you can also enjoy of Rescatux unique support features:

* Chat: Open the chat for asking help directly in Rescatux channel.
* Share log: After running an option you can share its log (the action registry that it has done) so that in the chat they can help you better. O better, even, you can help debug and fix Rescatux bugs on the fly.
* Share log on forum: Prepares a forum post alike text so that you can just copy and paste it in your favourite forum. Logs are nicely inserted into it with [CODE] symbols.
* Boot Info Script: Run Boot Info Script option to share your computer configuration (specially boot one).

Boot options:
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Update UEFI order
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Create a new UEFI Boot entry
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) UEFI Partition Status
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Fake Microsoft Windows UEFI
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Hide Microsoft Windows UEFI
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Reinstall Microsoft Windows EFI
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Check UEFI Boot
GRUB options:
  • (>=0.40 beta 11) Easy GNU/Linux Boot Fix
  • Restore GRUB and GRUB2
  • (>=0.31 beta 4) Update any GRUB2 menues
  • Update Debian/Ubuntu grub menues
Windows options:                                                                       

  • Restore Windows MBR (BETA)
  • Clear Windows passwords
  • (>=0.31 beta 4) Promote a Windows user to Administrator role
  • (>=0.41 beta 1) Reinstall Microsoft Windows EFI
  • (>=0.31 beta 4) Unlock Windows user
Password options:
  • Change Gnu/Linux Password
  • Regenerate sudoers file
  • Clear Windows passwords

Downloadrescatux-0.41b1.iso



Tutoriel : 


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juin 15, 2017 ,
The WinUSB fork we covered a while back was renamed to WoeUSB recently, while also seeing quite a few releases for the past few days.

WoeUSB

WoeUSB / WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable Windows installer USB stick from an ISO or DVD. The application supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, as well Windows 10, and can be used either with a GUI or from the command line.

As for supported bootmodes, WoeUSB / WinUSB can create a bootable Windows USB installation stick using the following:
  • Legacy / MBR-style / IBM PC compatible bootmode;
  • Native UEFI booting is supported for Windows 7 and later images (with a limitation: only FAT filesystem can be used as the target filesystem).

Since it was forked from Colin Gille's WinUSB, the application has seen a major code refactoring, bug fixes as well as some minor new features. The changes include:
  • support for both wxWidgets 2 and 3;
  • use pkexec instead of gksudo for privilege escalation;
  • UEFI boot support;
  • numerous bug fixes.

Some newer WoeUSB changes include:
  • support customizing the --label of the newly created filesystem in --format mode;
  • implement checking on target filesystem in --install mode;
  • command line: check if target media is busy before continuing and bail out when the target partition is mounted;
  • support Linux distributions that uses "grub2" as prefix name, such as Fedora;
  • --install and --format installation options are deprecated in favor of --partition and --device, to be more clear what both options will do. The old options will still be available until WoeUSB v3.0;
  • from now on, GRUB will pause when the ENTER key is used before starting to load Windows. This is useful if you want to see if there are errors in the GRUB loading stage.

Also, since the application name has changed, the executables have changed as well: "woeusbgui" for the GUI and "woeusb" for the command line tool.

You can see what's new in each new WoeUSB release (there were 13 new releases for the past 2 days) on GitHub.

Despite the major code refactoring and numerous bug fixes, I still encountered an error using the WoeUSB GUI, which I also found in the original WinUSB. When the Windows USB stick is completed, WoeUSB displayed the following message: "Installation failed ! Exit code: 256". This bug was closed on GitHub and it looks like it doesn't affect the actual Windows USB stick in any way. 

In my test, I was able to install Windows 10 64bit in VirtualBox (on an Ubuntu 17.04 host) despite this error.


Install WoeUSB in Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA


WoeUSB is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 17.04, 16.10, 16.04 or 14.04 / Linux Mint 18.x or 17.x. To add the PPA and install WoeUSB, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install woeusb
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juin 07, 2017 ,


[Quick update] Terminix, a GTK3 tiling terminal emulator, has been renamed to Tilix due to some trademark issues.



Besides the new name, there's also a new version, 1.5.4, which includes a few bug fixes:
  • detaching terminal in Wayland by dropping it on desktop now works identically to X11;
  • fixed issue with outdated LDC libraries on Fedora, this should allow COPR to work again;
  • fixed issue with close dialog and long process names resulting in excessively wide dialog box;
  • removed animation hint feature from quake mode as it was causing focus issues;
  • fixed crash when loading multiple sessions from file.

Note that in my test, the Terminix settings weren't migrated to Tilix, so if you changed some of its settings, you'll need to do it again for Tilix. Update: to migrate your Terminix settings to Tilix, see the Migrating from Terminix section on the Tilix GitHub page.

Also, if you use Tilix as a drop-down terminal, remember to change the command from "terminix --quake" to "tilix --quake".


Install Tilix (previously Terminix) in Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA


I updated the package in the WebUpd8 Terminix PPA to use the new Tilix name. To make sure those who have previously installed Terminix will receive an update with the new package, I added a transitional package, so updating using Update Manager, Synaptic, apt, and so on, should upgrade to Tilix 1.5.4.

I will continue to use the ppa:webupd8team/terminix PPA for Tilix, because PPAs can't be renamed (besides the PPA title).

I should also note that the PPA now provides Tilix packages for Ubuntu 17.04 (which has Terminix an old 1.4.2 version available in the official repositories).

To add the WebUpd8 Tilix PPA and install the latest Tilix in Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus, 16.10 or 16.04 / Linux Mint 18.x, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/terminix
sudo apt update
sudo apt install tilix

Features


Custom links
Terminals support custom titles and custom hyperlinks.

Drag and Drop
Terminals can be re-arranged using drag and drop both within and between windows.

Image Support
Transparent background image support.

Multiple Panes
Layout terminals in any fashion by splitting them horizontally or vertically.

Notifications
Supports notifications when processes are completed out of view.

Persistent Layouts
Grouping of terminals can be saved and loaded from disk.



Getting Tilix

The best way to get Tilix is from packages maintained for your specific Linux distribution. The following distributions have packages available.


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juin 07, 2017 , ,

INSTALL VMWARE PLAYER 12 ON UBUNTU 16.04 or ALL Version 

In this discussion we are going to learn how to install vmware player 12 on ubuntu 16.04. Vmware Player 12 also referred as Vmware Workstation Player is a Virtualization software launched by vmware on year 1998 used for cloud computing, There are so many types of applications are launched by vmware for different needs i.e.Vmware Workstation, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware GSX Server, Vmware ESX Server and so on. and It’s available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The First launch of Vmware is Vmware Workstation and Vmware Player is a Freeware.
The main advantages of Vmware is we can install multiple Operating Systems on a single server, and we can install maximum 16 Virtual Hosts in one server. And Other features are like we can Customize RAM, can add as many Harddisks, Video Capturing, Can take Snapshots, Suspend the Virtual Host and so on, In Today’s Business world vmware plays a very important role and due to this we can save so many cost.

Vmware Player 12 Installation Steps :

Step:1 Prepare for Installation

Before Install Vmware Player 12 package Let’s install/update newer version of packages and their dependencies by using below command.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update   # Update the Packages and Dependencies
   [sudo] password for elinuxbook: 
   Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]  
   Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                  
   Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]    
   Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
   Fetched 306 kB in 3s (80.4 kB/s)   
   Reading package lists... Done
Now we need to Install some dependencies which is required for Vmware Player 12 Installation, So follow the below steps :
First Install build-essential and gcc as shown below.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install build-essential gcc
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree       
   Reading state information... Done
   build-essential is already the newest version (12.1ubuntu2).
   build-essential set to manually installed.
   gcc is already the newest version (4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1).
   gcc set to manually installed.
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 286 not upgraded.
Then install libcanberra-gtk-module as shown below.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module
   [sudo] password for elinuxbook: 
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree       
   Reading state information... Done
   libcanberra-gtk-module is already the newest version (0.30-2.1ubuntu1).
   libcanberra-gtk-module set to manually installed.
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 286 not upgraded.

As shown above all required dependencies are already installed with OS, So let’s proceed for Vmware Player Installation.

Note: By Default above Packages and Dependencies are already installed in Ubuntu 16.04, If not then you can install it by following above steps.

Step: 2 Download Vmware Player 12 Package

Click on the below link to Download the Vmware Player 12 Package from Official Vmware Website.
Download Vmware Player Package
As shown below I have Downloaded the Vmware Player 12 Bundle Package, Which is currently don’t have Executive Permission and without that we can’t install the Package, So change the permission by chmod command.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ cd Downloads/
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ls -l
   total 134308
   -rw-rw-r-- 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 137530948 Dec 16 20:33 VMware-Player-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle
Use the below command to give Execution Permission to Vmware Player Bundle Package.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo chmod +x VMware-Player-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle 
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ls -l
   total 134308
   -rwxrwxr-x 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 137530948 Dec 16 20:33 VMware-Player-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle

Step : 3 Install Vmware Player 12

As we can see above Now Vmware Player package has Execution Permission, So follow the below step to Start the Installation of Vmware Player.
   
   elinuxbook@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo ./VMware-Player-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle 
   [sudo] password for elinuxbook:
As we can see on the snapshot below The Vmware Player Installation Started and it’s Asking for Accepting the License Agreement to Procees further, So Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then Click on Next.


Accept the License Agreement
Now on our next installation step It’s again asking for Accept the License Agreement as shown on the snapshot below so select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then Click on Next.

Accept the License Agreement
Now Here it’s asking for Product Update on startup. I dont’s want to Update the Package on startup So just select No and Click Next to Proceed for Further Step.


Select No for Updates
Now on next step of installation its asking for feedback, Here i will select No and Click on Next.

Select No for Vmware Software Updates
As shown on the snapshot below now it’s asking for License Key But it’s Optional, we can enter it later on. So for now we can Proceed the installation further by Click on Next.

Skip the License Key windows by Click Next
Click on the Install to start the Installation Process as shown on the snapshot below.
Start the Installation Process by click on Install
As shown on the snapshot below the Installation Process Completed Successfully, Now Click on Close.
Vmware Workstation Player 12 Installed
To Open Vmware workstation Player 12 Click on the Application Manager and Search for Vmware Player and then Click on Vmware Player Icon.


Search the Package in Application Manager to Open
As we are using Free and Non-Commercial Version of Vmware Player Package it’s asking to enter your Email Id, Just Enter it and then Click Ok.

Enter Email ID and Click on OK
As we can see below Vmware Workstation 12 Player Started.

Vmware Workstation Player 12 Started

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