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5 Ways to Protect Scanning Credentials for Linux, macOS and Unix Hosts

Tenable

Here, we focus on ’nix style systems: Linux, Unix and macOS. In this third and final post in the series, I take a look at protecting credentials authenticating against ’nix hosts (by ’nix, we mean Linux, Unix, and macOS), specifically focused on SSH. Use unique accounts for authentication and assessments.

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How to make your web application more secure by using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) – PART 2 of Application Security Testing series

Xebia

Introduction Welcome to part two of the Application Security Testing series. Like I mentioned in the previous blog, during this blog series we are going to look at the different types of Application Security Testing and Software Composition Analysis. This time we will focus on Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).

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Frequently Asked Questions About CVE-2024-3094, A Backdoor in XZ Utils

Tenable

Frequently asked questions about CVE-2024-3094, a supply-chain attack responsible for a backdoor in XZ Utils, a widely used library found in multiple Linux distributions. What Linux distributions are affected? build of XZ as a precaution Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) [link] No versions of RHEL are affected.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

Furthermore, if the operating system pattern is Linux Oracle Enterprise, the architect would use that pattern first in its design unless technical constraints made the consumption of this pattern suboptimal to accomplish the solution’s goal.

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Container Security – What Are Containers? – Part 1

Xebia

It could be from development to production or the testing environment (Paul Rubens, 2017, ref.2). The starting point for building a custom image is a base image (like Alpine Linux), usually created by vendors or communities and uploaded to an image registry (a repository that stores container images, e.g. Docker Hub ).

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Top 9 Functional Testing Tools to look for in 2023

Openxcell

Introduction Testing all the functionalities of an application/software/product becomes crucial to ensure that the system performs as expected when exercised by some other system or directly by a user. This paves the way to carry out the functional testing process effectively. What is Functional Testing?

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Building Docker images for multiple operating system architectures

CircleCI

For instance, developing an application on Windows and deploying it to Linux and macOS machines involves provisioning and configuring build machines for each of the operating systems and architecture platforms you’re targeting. This list is targeting the Linux OS and a variety of processor architectures. Getting started. and higher.