Linux Security Week

Linux Security Week: February 14, 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 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 examine real-time alerting strategies with the snort network intrusion detection system and how to configure them to alert you of possible intrusion events, and explore the anatomy of a Linux ransomware attack.

• Brittany Day
• 02/14/2022
• 680 Views

Linux Security Week: February 7, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we examine real-time alerting strategies with the snort network intrusion detection system and how to configure them to alert you of possible intrusion events, explore the anatomy of a fileless malware attack on Linux and how to protect against this growing threat, and offer insight into the mission behind our site, our history and the content we provide.

• Brittany Day
• 02/07/2022
• 841 Views

Linux Security Week: January 31, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we report in on the significant memory corruption vulnerability called "Pwnkit" in polkit’s pkexec impacting all Linux users, explore the anatomy of a fileless malware attack on Linux and how to protect against this growing threat, and examine real-time alerting strategies with the snort network intrusion detection system and how to configure them to alert you of possible intrusion events.

• Brittany Day
• 01/31/2022
• 698 Views

Linux Security Week: January 24, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the anatomy of a fileless malware attack on Linux and how to protect against this growing threat, examine the basics of intrusion detection and the steps necessary to configure a host to run the snort network intrusion detection system, and explain how you can customize your LinuxSecurity advisories to make staying informed of the latest updates simple and convenient. Have you customized your LinuxSecurity advisories based on the distro(s) you use?

• Brittany Day
• 01/24/2022
• 895 Views

Linux Security Week: January 17, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the basics of intrusion detection and the steps necessary to configure a host to run the snort

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the basics of intrusion detection and the steps necessary to configure a host to run the snort network intrusion detection system, explain how you can customize your LinuxSecurity advisories to make staying informed of the latest updates simple and convenient, and offer advice on how you can improve PHP security to protect your web server and web applications from attacks and compromise. Have you customized your LinuxSecurity advisories based on the distro(s) you use?

• Brittany Day
• 01/17/2022
• 925 Views

Linux Security Week: January 10, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we explore the importance of robust kernel security and how admins can secure the Linux kernel to protect their systems from malware and other exploits, speak with Predator-OS Founder and lead developer Hossein Seilany to get insight into the unique features and benefits that newly released Predator-OS 20.04 LTS offers hackers, pentesters and privacy-conscious Linux users, and offer advice on how you can improve PHP security to protect your web server and web applications from attacks and compromise. PHP security is inextricably tied to web server security- are you running PHP securely?

• Brittany Day
• 01/10/2022
• 759 Views

Linux Security Week: January 3, 2022

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we offer advice on how you can improve PHP security to protect your web server and web applications from attacks and compromise, share our top tips for securing your Linux system in 2022, and provide the information you need to know to protect against the critical Log4j vulnerabilities. PHP security is inextricably tied to web server security- are you running PHP securely?

• Brittany Day
• 01/03/2022
• 760 Views

Linux Security Week: December 27, 2021

Happy Monday fellow Linux geeks and Open Source enthusiasts! In this week's newsletter we share what you need to know to protect against the critical Log4j vulnerabilities, speak with Oracle Linux developers to get exclusive insight into what makes Oracle Linux is a logical enterprise-ready CentOS replacement heading into 2022, and examine the anatomy of a Linux ransomware attack. Are you safe from Log4j, which could be the most serious security threat ever seen, according to the CISA?

• Brittany Day
• 12/27/2021
• 1031 Views