Linux Security Week

Linux Security Week: April 18, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore how you are being tracked online and what happens to your data, and what you can do to keep from being tracked while online. We also examine 10 security mistakes that are common among Linux sysadmins and how to address these problems, and review The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio, a book that helps readers understand the major players in the ongoing cyberwar, the different methods attackers use, as well as how experts analyze attacks.

• Brittany Day
• 04/18/2022
• 558 Views

Linux Security Week: April 11, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore how you are being tracked online and what happens to your data, and what you can do to keep from being tracked while online. We also review The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio, a book that helps readers understand the major players in the ongoing cyberwar, the different methods attackers use, as well as how experts analyze attacks, and examine the anatomy of a Linux fileless malware attack.

• Brittany Day
• 04/11/2022
• 538 Views

Linux Security Week: April 4, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we review The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio, a book that helps readers understand the major players in the ongoing cyberwar, the different methods attackers use, as well as how experts analyze attacks. We also explore 10 security mistakes that are common among Linux sysadmins and how to address these problems, and examine the anatomy of a Linux fileless malware attack.

• Brittany Day
• 04/04/2022
• 607 Views

Linux Security Week: March 28, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we review The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime by Jon DiMaggio, a book that helps readers understand the major players in the ongoing cyberwar, the different methods attackers use, as well as how experts analyze attacks. We also explore 10 security mistakes that are common among Linux sysadmins and how to address these problems, and examine the anatomy of a Linux fileless malware attack.

• Brittany Day
• 03/28/2022
• 788 Views

Linux Security Week: March 14, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore 10 security mistakes that are common among Linux sysadmins and how to address these problems, and examine the basics on Nmap, and how the popular open-source network discovery and auditing tool can be used to perform a ping scan, a host scan and an OS and services scan. We also demonstrate how Nmap can be used for firewall penetration testing to evaluate and improve the security of your network.

• Brittany Day
• 03/14/2022
• 774 Views

Linux Security Week: March 7, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the basics on Nmap, and how the popular open-source network discovery and auditing tool can be used to perform a ping scan, a host scan and an OS and services scan. We also demonstrate how Nmap can be used for firewall penetration testing to evaluate and improve the security of your network, and speak with Jon "maddog" Hall, often referred to as “the Godfather of Linux”, to get exclusive insights on his history with Linux, some of his contributions to the community, a bit about its evolution, and his thoughts on what we might see with Linux in the coming years.

• Brittany Day
• 03/07/2022
• 724 Views

Linux Security Week: February 28, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the basics on Nmap, and how the popular open-source network discovery and auditing tool can be used to perform a ping scan, a host scan and an OS and services scan. We also speak with Jon "maddog" Hall, often referred to as “the Godfather of Linux”, to get exclusive insights on his history with Linux, some of his contributions to the community, a bit about its evolution, and his thoughts on what we might see with Linux in the coming years, and examine the anatomy of a Linux ransomware attack.

• Brittany Day
• 02/28/2022
• 627 Views

Linux Security Week: February 21, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we speak with Jon "maddog" Hall, often referred to as “the Godfather of Linux”, to get exclusive insi

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we speak with Jon "maddog" Hall, often referred to as “the Godfather of Linux”, to get exclusive insights on his history with Linux, some of his contributions to the community, a bit about its evolution, and his thoughts on what we might see with Linux in the coming years. We also explore the anatomy of a Linux ransomware attack, and share our top tips for securing your Linux system in 2022.

• Brittany Day
• 02/21/2022
• 633 Views