Archive for Security
MySQL Backup User Privilege Grant
LOCK TABLES and SELECT are the minimal requirements to use ‘mysqldump’. You can use the following grant statement to create a user with as little privileges as possible:
Read moreRed Hat, Fedora openssh security compromise
Many of you may have already read the news, but for those of you that have not here is a recap. But first, let me state that we have tested all of our customer’s servers, and none have been compromised. An email was sent to the fedora-announce mailing list, it started with, “Last week we [...]
Read moreRestoring Plesk, new drive, old disk still available on same system.
Here was the scenario I faced. RHEL4 machine will not boot (according to data center), receives various library not found errors on bootup (Later, I found these errors were from an intruder who tried to install a rootkit, and it didn’t go so well. Most of /bin was corrupt). The data center recommends that the [...]
Read moreSecuring your Linux server
We deal with security related issues nearly every day. Many of these issues could be prevented with a few minor changes to php.ini along with the installation of mod_security. It is simply amazing how many machines are hacked, and then used for the sole purpose of sending spam, denial of service (DoS) attacks or Botnets.
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