Category: security

  • Must-Know Commands and Tips for Database Management

    Must-Know Commands and Tips for Database Management

    Advanced Database Administration Techniques: Optimization, Security, Automation, and High Availability Strategies with Linux Commands In this edition, we’re delving into advanced techniques that will elevate your skills in database management. From optimizing performance to ensuring high availability, we’ll explore specialized Linux commands and practices essential for handling complex tasks in database administration. This article covers…

  • Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure

    Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure

    Organizations running Linux distributions need to prepare to defend their systems against ransomware attacks. Steps to ensure resiliency and basics such as access control reduce major disruptions. Linux systems run many of the most critical operations behind the scenes, including a good deal of our nation’s critical infrastructure, and now more ransomware groups are introducing…

  • Mastodon fixes vulnerability

    Mastodon fixes vulnerability

    The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of separate servers known as…