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If you’ve been keeping up with security news, you may have noticed that it seems as if there have been an increasing number of attacks on Linux in recent years. The number of new Linux malware variants reached a record high in the first half of 2022, as nearly 1.7 million samples were discovered.
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Did you know that during 2022, businesses will have experienced an average of 130 cybersecurity attacks? Cybersecurity is an essential investment for any business looking to maintain GDPR compliance and the trust of its clients and stakeholders.
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Auditing tools are used to provide information about a system. These tools look at file systems, file permissions, running processes, configuration files, and more, to determine the security posture of the system. Auditing tools can help identify areas on the system where security can be improved and provide information on how to improve it.
Zaid AlBukhari
Researchers have identified that a massive 144,294 phishing-related packages have been uploaded by unknown threat actors on widely used open-source package repositories including NPM, PyPi, and NuGet.
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Security-savvy Linux sysadmins understand that it's best to assume that their systems are breached. Threats targeting Linux systems are becoming increasingly pervasive due to the growing popularity of the open-source OS. Linux malware reached an all-time high in the first half of 2022.
Zaid AlBukhari
Telemetry data is vital for understanding how an IT environment is performing. By gathering this data and monitoring it closely, administrators can identify issues and potential problems before they cause major disruptions.
Zaid AlBukhari
Technology, in many ways, has changed the way people do business. Modern society is highly digitalized, thanks to technological advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Much of today’s communication in the professional world occurs via email. What could be worse than sending an email to the wrong recipient or having an email intercepted by an attacker?
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Ethical hacking is analyzing a system without permission to try and discover vulnerabilities that hackers can use.
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Digital security is getting stronger, so criminals and law enforcement alike may be more willing to physically take your laptop or storage device to gain access to your data. It's possible, however, to protect yourself against this invasion of privacy thanks to encryption.
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Data leaks are extremely prominent in the cyber world due to lack of proper or adequate security implementation. Securing databases is an essential practice to ensure that consequences such as data loss to even unauthorized access or system downtime is avoided.
Zaid AlBukhari
It's necessary to monitor your company's network for several reasons. Modern networks can be monitored in a variety of ways. In contrast to application performance management systems, which use agents to retrieve performance information from the application stack, network monitoring tools are specifically made for the purpose of monitoring network traffic and response times.
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If you’ve thought about becoming a professional Linux administrator but you’re not sure where to start, this article is for you.
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