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Parrot Security OS 4.7 Released With New Linux Kernel, Menu Structure, Tools Improvements And Many Changes

In Sep 18 2019, Parrot Security OS 4.7 has released, with many new following changes below.

Latest Linux 5.2.x series
The new ISO files of Parrot 4.7 are being released only now, but we were the first Debian derivative distribution to introduce Linux 5.1 and 5.2 to all our users, and now ParrotSec team is ready to offer it also with our ISO files rebild cycle to support more devices and integrate all the latest linux features from the beginning.

New sandbox behavior (opt-in rather than opt-out)
Sandboxing is a great thing, and ParrotSec team was in the first line when they introduced our custom Firejail and AppArmor solution for the first time many years ago. We still want to improve such feature and ParrotSec team has a whole team dedicated to improve sandboxing and hardening of the Parrot Security OS system, but ParrotSec team had to face the many users with issues caused by the restrictions of our sandbox.

In Parrot Security OS 4.7 the sandbox is disabled by default, and users can decide wether to start an application sandboxed or not. You can easily start the sandboxed version of an installed program from the /sandbox/ folder or from a dedicated menu that ParrotSec team plans to improve in the future (meanwhile the search feature of the bottom menu will fit all your needs), or you can re-enable it by default by using the firecfg tool.

New menu structure and tools improvements
The pentesting menu structure was refactored and re-designed to make tools easier to access in a more logical hierarchical structure. New tools were also added to the project, and ParrotSec team plans to add even more in the future. Not all of them are going to be pre-installed, but a good set of tools in our repository enables pentesters to build up the perfect pentest system for their specific needs, regardless the default package selection picked by ParrotSec team.

Domain changes
To reflect the neutrality of a distro that started as a pentest-only system and became more general purpose later with Parro Home, the community voted through a democratic process to switch to parrotlinux.org as the new default domain of the project.

ParrotSec team will still use ParrotSec.org for other things (included the old email addresses), and they introduced other project domains to handle specific parts of the infrastructure.

Repository changes
ParrotSec team is preparing to integrate a future LTS branch, so they decided to rename the current repository from stable to rolling. Nothing changes for the end user, and the current Parrot Security OS branch will continue to behave the same as before, but now with a different name to better reflect the rolling release nature of the system, waiting for the LTS edition to join the Parrot Security OS family along side the rolling branch in a similar way OpenSUSE does.

New MATE 1.22 release: Parrot Security OS 4.7 ships with the latest MATE 1.22 desktop environment.

Miscellaneous: New Firefox Browser 69, the latest Radare2 and cutter versions and many other important upgrades are all aboard as expected in a properly developed rolling release distro.

How to upgrade to the lastest Parrot Security OS version
You can update your existing Parrot Security OS system with this command:
sudo parrot-upgrade

Or use the raw apt command

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Don't forget to use this command regularly (at least once a week) to receive the latest security updates and bugfixes from the Parrot Security OS repository.

Or you can download the latest release from official download page.

From Parrot Project Blog

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Difference Between Hacker, Programmer, And Developer

There are numerous sprite debates and discussions on the differences between hackers, developers, and programmers. With most descriptions, however, there is usually a slight flaw in at least one or two serious ways. These terms are all traditionally misused and misunderstood, with many of us frequently mixing them up as an all-encompassing definition of anyone working on the Software realm.

However, if you are looking to clarify your project goals and business needs adequately, it is essential that you understand that all these terms do not all represent the same thing (although a person with the ability to program a computer can use different skills to accomplish various outcomes).

What's more, it is also quite important for you to differentiate between these three terms if you are working with software development groups and the fact that they cannot be interchanged. This excerpt seeks to break it all down for you mainly-the vital difference between hackers, developers, and programmers, their actual tasks, as well as their relationship.

The Hacker

A hacker is a computer expert who uses his knowledge of computer networking, programming, cryptography, and databases to overcome a problem in the system. Hackers are more concerned with availing the concept as opposed to minding about the long-term quality. And although a hacker can conceptualize about how will ultimately be created while frantically writing code, the role is primarily about speed.

A hacker, as well as hacking,' are most useful in dealing with emergency circumstances or when prototyping an item. Hackers and the profession of hacking, in general, is not concerned with the ultimate effect of the code.

Hackers make things. They typically alter the things programmers create and transform them to function differently as well as also writing codes. While "hacker" can refer to any skilled technical person, the term has become associated with computer security, someone who, with their technical knowledge, uses bugs or exploits to break into computer systems.

The Programmer

A programmer is an individual equipped with the expertise to write codes. Programmers usually master in a single or multiple programming languages and boast vast knowledge on related areas also. Their roles are relatively procedural and mandate for total concentration not to mention refined skills.

A programmer is solely focused both in writing codes as well as getting features appropriately performed so that these features are accessible for integration and later use. Programming is merely the process of swinging the hammer and adequately creating the software.

Usually, it is easy to identify that an individual is in programming mode since they often have a concentrated gaze and are deep in the zone.' Programmers are normally internalizing the system they are operating as well as editing and writing pieces of something that can only best be described as a long algebra problem.'

The Developer

Developers are typically creators. However, not anyone that is an expert at writing codes can be a developer. Developers are experts at identifying ways around various problems as well as plugging together components to fulfill some requirements. These professionals solve problems or create things by adhering to a specific set of principles (design and implementation).

This set of principles includes attributes such as maintainability, performance, robustness, security, and scale among others. They solve problems in a systematic manner. Ideally, this is what distinguishes programmers, developers, and hackers.

In A Nutshell:

In all simplicity, these three professionals solve various problems using code. A programmer is an encompassing term that means a problem solver, a developer is a trained programmer (formal) who besides resolving issues achieves it in an organized and methodical manner likely instilled in the course of their formal education, and a hacker is a tinkerer/creator.

Despite their differences in individual meaning and professional capacities, these terms, however, can interrelate with each other quite effectively. In fact, it is possible for you to combine the skills to your benefit. In reality, all developers and hackers are programmers. However, despite their expertise, not many developers and programmers are creative enough to warrant an identity as hackers.

Finally, although hackers and programmers are quite impressive, they are however not experienced or educated enough to warrant consideration as developers. The similarity, however, is that all work to create code, each in their specified manner.

Ideally, anyone would work to be all the above-as creative as a hacker, though, somewhat better experienced and formally trained to design software as opposed to only hacking.

Nonetheless, even if you lack the creativity, experience, or education, or either to necessarily create a broad application, it is still worth noting that you are still ideally a programmer. And in case you did not know, solving a problem through code is by itself, a superpower!

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OWASP May Connector 2019

OWASP
Connector

May 2019

Communications | Projects | Events | Community | Membership

COMMUNICATIONS

Letter from the Vice Chairman:

Dear OWASP Community,

Since last month the foundation has been busy working towards enabling our project leaders and community members to utilize funds to work on nurturing and developing projects. So far there has been huge uptake on this initiative. It's great to see so many people passionate about collaborating at project summits.

Our Global AppSec Tel-Aviv is nearly upon us, for members, there is an extra incentive for attending this conference, in the form of a significant discount. This and the sandy beaches and beautiful scenery, not to mention the great speakers and trainers we have lined up, is a great reason to attend. If you have not done so we would encourage you to attend this great conference - https://telaviv.appsecglobal.org.

One of the key things I've noticed in my Board of Director tenure is the passion our community emits, sometimes this passion aids in growing the foundation, but sometimes it also forces us to take a step back and look at how we do things within the foundation. With Mike, our ED and staff we have seen a lot of good change from an operations perspective, with more in the pipeline. Mike's appointment has allowed the Board of Directors to take a step back from operations and enable us to work on more strategic goals. To this end at a recent Board meeting we discussed each Board member taking up one of the following strategic goals, as set out at the start of the year:

1.Marketing the OWASP brand
2.Membership benefits
3.Developer outreach

Improve benefits
Decrease the possibility of OWASP losing relevance
Reaching out to management and Risk levels
Increase involvement in new tech/ ways of doing things – dev ops

4.Project focus

Get Universities involved
Practicum sponsored ideas
Internships

5.Improve finances
6.Improve OWAP/ Board of Directors Perception
7.Process improvement
8. Get consistent ED
9.Community empowerment

I would encourage the community to come forward if you have any ideas on the above and are happy to work with one of the 7 Board of Directors and community members on one of these initiatives.

Thanks and best wishes,
Owen Pendlebury
Vice Chair

OWASP FOUNDATION UPDATE FROM INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

OWASP Foundation welcomes aboard Emily Berman as Events Director. Emily was most recently with the Scrum Alliance where she planned high-profile functions for upwards of 2,000 guests. Emily brings a fresh approach to events planning and her 12 years of experience planning and organizing large-scale events worldwide well in advance will greatly benefit our Global AppSecs.

Did you Register yet?

Global AppSec DC September 9-13, 2019
submit to the Call for Papers and Call for Training
Check out Sponsorship Opportunities while they are still available.

Save the Date for Global AppSec Amsterdam Sept 23-27, 2019
Sponsorship Opportunities are available

EVENTS

You may also be interested in one of our other affiliated events:

REGIONAL AND LOCAL EVENTS

Event	Date	Location
Latam Tour 2019	Starting April 4, 2019	Latin America
OWASP Portland Training Day	September 25, 2019	Portland, OR
OWASP Italy Day Udine 2019	September 27,2019	Udine, Italy
OWASP Portland Day	October 16,2019	Wroclaw, Poland
LASCON X	October 24-25,2019	Austin, TX
OWASP AppSec Day 2019	Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2019	Melbourne, Australia

PARTNER AND PROMOTIONAL EVENTS

Event	Date	Location
Open Security Summit	June 3-7,2019	Woburn Forest Center Parcs, Bedfordshire
Hack in Paris 2019	June 16-20, 2019	Paris
Cyber Security and Cloud Expo Europe	June 19-20, 2019	Amsterdam
IoT Tech Expo Europe	June 19-20, 2019	Amsterdam
BlackHat USA 2019	August 3-8,2019	Las Vegas, Nevada
DefCon 27	August 8-11,2019	Las Vegas, Nevada
it-sa-IT Security Expo and Congress	October 8-10, 2019	Germany

PROJECTS

We have had the following projects added to the OWASP inventory. Please congratulate these leaders and check out the work they have done:

Project	Type	Leader(s)
Risk Assessment Framework	Documentation	Ade Yoseman Putra, Rejah Rehim
QRLJacker	Tool	Mohammed Baset
Container Security Verification Standard	Documentation	Sven Vetsch
Find Security Bugs	Code	Philippe Arteau
Vulnerable Web Application	Code	Fatih Çelik
D4N155	Tool	Julio Pedro de Lira Neto
Jupiter	Tool	Matt Stanchek
Top 10 Card Game	Documentation	Dennis Johnson
Samurai WTF	Code	Kevin Johnson
DevSecOps Maturity Model	Documentation	Timo Pagel

Also, we will have the following projects presenting at the Project Showcase Global AppSec Tel Aviv:

Final Schedule
Wednesday, May 29th				Thursday, May 30th
Time	Project	Presenter(s)	Confirmed	Time	Project	Presenter(s)	Confirmed
10:45 a.m.	Glue Tool	Omer Levi Hevroni	Yes	10:30 a.m.	API Security	Erez Yalon, Inon Shkedy	Yes
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11:55 a.m.	IoT & Embedded AppSec	Aaron Guzman	Yes	11:50 a.m.	Mod Security Core Rule Set	Tin Zaw	Yes
				12:25 p.m.	Automated Threats	Tin Zaw	Yes
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break				12:55 p.m. Lunch Break
2:35 p.m.	SAMM	John DiLeo	Yes
3:10 p.m.	Application Security Curriculum	John DiLeo	Yes	3:10 p.m.	Damned Vulnerable Serveless Application	Tal Melamed	Yes

Finally, if you are able to help participate in the Project Reviews at the Conference, please send me an email at harold.blankenship@owasp.com. We have a large line-up of projects to review this time around:

Project	To Level	Leader(s)
Snakes and Ladders	Flagship	Katy Anton, Colin Watson
Cheat Sheet Series	Flagship	Dominique Righetto, Jim Manico
Mobile Security Testing Guide	Flagship	Jeroen Willemsen, Sven Schleier
Amass	Lab	Jeff Foley
Attack Surface Detector	Lab	Ken Prole
SecureTea	Lab	Ade Yoseman Putra, Bambang Rahmadi K.P, Rejah Rehim.A.A
Serverless Goat	Lab	Ory Segal

Google Summer of Code Update:
We were allocated 13 students this year! The current timeline is as follows:

Google Season of Docs:
We were accepted into the Google Season of Docs. There will be a single technical writer resource. The current timeline is as follows:

COMMUNITY

New OWASP Chapters
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Natal, Brazil
Nashua, New Hampshire
Gwalior, India
Louisville, Kentucky
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