The company behind the Raspberry Pi hardware units have decided to offer a Linux Distro for x86 computers. Built on top of Debian, the OS is light enough to run most old machines that have at least 512MB of RAM.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Ubuntu OVA for VMware Horizon
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon is a pre-packaged OVA built on Ubuntu that automates most of the customization and configuration needed for a Linux Desktop Template to be used in a VMware Horizon 7 or later environment.
IPFire
IPFire is a Linux-based security gateway. Some features include Cache Management, URL filter, DHCP server, Snort IDS (Guardian), SquidClamAV, IPSec, and OpenVPN. Snort is an add-on, and several more are available.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Blocking outbound PowerShell traffic using the Windows Firewall
Some malware use PowerShell to download additional components, such as highlighted in the blog posting found at https://securityintelligence.com/the-full-shamoon-how-the-devastating-malware-was-inserted-into-networks/. To block outbound traffic using the Windows Firewall, add two rules:
64-bit
%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
32-bit
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
To test the rule, use the command below.
cmd /c PowerShell (New-Object System.Net.Webclient).DownloadFile('http://test.com','%TMP%\test.txt');
The following commands can be excuted as a test within PowerShell.
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$WebClient.DownloadFile("http://www.test.com/","%TEMP%")
How to disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program within Windows 7
To disable the Customer Experience Improvement Program within Windows 7, click on the Start Menu and type “customer”. One of the available selections should be Control Panel –> Change Customer Experience Improvement Program settings. Once launched, select the “No” option and use the Save Changes button.
Several scheduled tasks may be present under Microsoft –> Windows –> Customer Experience Improvement Program that can be disabled.
Additional scheduled task entries can be disabled under Microsoft –> Windows –> Application Experience.
Another entry may be present under WPD.
Also verify that the Diagnostic Tracking Service is disabled.
EtreCheck
EtreCheck is an utilty for Apple Mac OS X. The application consolidates information from over 50 different diagnostics tasks and displays it all on one concise report.
CloneApp
CloneApp is an utility that allows you to easily back up configuration files in program directories and the Registry for many popular Windows programs.
dbatools
dbatools is a free PowerShell module with several SQL Server administration, best practice and migration commands included.
PowerShell version 5.1 for Windows 7
PowerShell version 5.1 is available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616
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