Week 17 In Review – 2016

Resources

• Understanding and Hardening Linux Containers – www.nccgroup.trust
  In general, this operating system virtualization via Linux Containers is an attractive feature for efficiency, speed and modern application deployment, however many would-be adopters continue to question the security of these technologies or platforms.

Techniques

• How I Hacked Facebook, and Found Someone’s Backdoor Script – devco.re
  With the growing popularity of Facebook around the world, I’ve always been interested in testing the security of Facebook. Luckily, in 2012, Facebook launched the Bug Bounty Program, which even motivated me to give it a shot.

Other News

• US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime – krebsonsecurity.com
  Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for it, warns the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).