Issue 52: Stop Social Engineering Attacks

The Fine Art of Relationship Maintenance

Welcome

We want to be secure. We don't like security. We want system administrators, but yet we are irritated when they need to fix something or to implement security. Complicated isn't it?

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New ransomware targeting Linuxbased NAS devices; OpenSSH fixes side channel attacks; Purdue scientists build quantum gate; and NSF awards $10 million for supercomputer that emphasizes cloud integration

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Python's change in leadership

Shedding Its Skin

Guido van Rossum discusses Python's origin story, changes in leadership, and the future of the project.

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Lead Image Photo by Pierre Bamin on Unsplash

Test JavaScript programs with Karma

Karma Chameleon

Web developers can test increasingly complex JavaScript applications in multiple browsers with the Karma testing environment.

browser , JavaScript , Web

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Guarding against social engineering attacks

Persuasion

BackBox Linux includes the Social-Engineer Toolkit, which prepares you to keep social engineering attacks at bay, and now you can run it from an Amazon Web Services machine image.

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Five graphical database front ends

Knowledge – Managed

Skillfully formulated SQL statements are not everyone's favorite pastime. But graphical front ends can help manage data, so even newcomers will benefit from complex data collections.

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