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We all know that disabling access to root over ssh is essential for security, that’s not what I’m referring to here.
I have seen a security best-practice recommendation to either completely disable the root password. In fact, Ubuntu has do… Continue reading disabling root login and using rescue mode
I am working on security testing of an android application. There is a root detection in the Android application. objection, frida etc. It is possible to bypass this with ways.
My main question is: Can this qualify as a vulnerability and i… Continue reading Bypassing root detection qualify as a vulnerability?
The Amazon Echo has become an indispensable device for many people unconcerned by its privacy implications. It’s easy to forget that it’s not quite a new product anymore, with the …read more Continue reading Root, On An Amazon Echo Dot
Sometimes a process crashes and IT department has to log into the server and do a sudo systemctl restart apache2.
The idea was now to create a wepage an another server (of course) where users can press a button. The webserver will ssh into… Continue reading Security risk by setting authorized_key for root user and limiting to one command?
Is there a security risk with running rsync as root to copy potentially malicious files? Or for that matter with any read command like cp, cat, du?
Background:
I’m moving data from various systems onto my new proxmox host (could be any deb… Continue reading Is running rsync as root problematic?
Sometimes I come across tools like DroidKit which promise to recover your data from Android phone without root. I do not understand, how they obtain raw binary access to internal storage over USB only. Or is it just a marketing trick when … Continue reading How do Android data recovery tools work without root? [migrated]
My college has a website which allows students to submit coding assignments by running them on an Online IDE which checks the output against several test cases.
I noticed by running system(“whoami”) that the code is running as root.
When I… Continue reading Online Judge running on root [duplicate]
My question is same as this one,
A php script cron job running as root, php script includes other php files those are editable, ps aux shows script running as root but if I do system(‘whoami > output.txt’); it shows apache
In Detailed s… Continue reading php Dropping Privileges
My question is same as this one,
A php script cron job running as root, php script includes other php files those are editable, ps aux shows script running as root but if I do system(‘whoami > output.txt’); it shows apache
In Detailed s… Continue reading php Dropping Privileges [closed]
I use Firefox so I don’t see why I can’t type until I reactivate certain Google apps.
I want as few Google functions on my phone as possible – maybe even none.
Continue reading Why does my keyboard stop working when I hide Google apps? [closed]