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Linux admins, The Linux community has some amazing kernel hackers. By the time you're able to contribute code that becomes part of the kernel, you must really know what you're doing. They'r
Linux admins, DEF CON is one of the world’s largest and most influential hacker conferences, held annually in Las Vegas, where cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts ga
Linux admins, Password auditing is a key part of making sure your users are protected against weak or easily guessable passwords, and now it got a whole lot faster. I recently had a chance
Linux admins, There's a new malware breed in town that's not like the old malware. The Koske Linux malware represents a new b
Linux admins, Last year, we started to see an increasing awareness about software supply chain issues in the Linux community. Now we're seeing trust issues with the CHAOS RAT incident in th
Linux admins, It used to be that the H2Miner botnet would exploit a system and just start cryptomining. Now it's leveled up to Linux-based servers, Kubernetes deployments, and Docker
Linux admins, Lately, we in the security community have noticed an increasingly complex intersection of sophisticated threat models, modern workloads, and evolving tech stacks. The Apache F
Linux admins, If you've done any programming in C, you know how difficult management tasks are. These memory-related errors account for 60-70% of security bugs in low-level system code. Usi
Linux admins, Security is always about tradeoffs. There's obviously no perfectly secure system. But are vendors always making the right call when it comes to
Linux admins, What do you think the impact of AI-driven tools on security and administration workflows will be with the latest Linux distributions? Balancing innovation with security concer
Linux admins, NoodleRAT, Winnti, AcidPour, and Pygmy Goat are key examples of adaptive ELF malware actively targeting our systems. Linux workloads dominate cloud infrastructure, with
Linux admins, Do you trust Microsoft to tell you everything they know about the security of their software? Linux excels in flexibility, rapid patching, and customization, plus its "
Linux admins, Cloud misconfigurations and insecure coding practices are among the major drivers of Linux security breaches. Recent reports
Linux admins, Malicious code could be hiding right on your desktop. Desktop shortcuts are used to launch applications without ha
Linux admins, The APT36 cyber espionage hacking group has been around for decades, but we're seeing an industry-wide shift to Linux systems specifically being targeted this week with the
Linux admins, Open source started as a way for hackers (the good guys) to create tools for themselves and others to solve a particular problem. Then, businesses adopted the methodology to i
Linux admins, Protecting our user's data on the Linux servers in your cloud environment has never been more complicated or uniquely
Linux admins, The layers of processes, tools, dependencies, and contributors involved in developing, packaging, distributing, and maintaining Linux software are all at risk from attacks lik
Linux admins, The CVE database is a critical tool we use daily to help track, prioritize, and fix security issues. Recent funding cuts by the US government served as a wake-up call for the
Linux admins, If you're not already using SSH tools to protect your Linux servers against malicious actors, you're compromising on a critical part of your security strategy. SSH creates a p
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