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Uptycs Identifies New Ransomware Binary Targeting Linux

SecureWorld News

The post adds, "This is the first time the group has created a Linux binary. Its locker ransomware infects Linux, NAS, and ESXi hosts and appears to be inspired by Babuk ransomware's leaked source code." Both asymmetric and symmetric encryption make it impossible to decrypt files without the attacker's private key."

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Black Hat USA, Linux Academy’s next stop.

Linux Academy

Linux Academy is officially a sponsor of Black Hat USA. Literally, you can win an extremely rare & enormous Linux Academy penguin. We will test you on common security misconfigurations that open doors to attackers! More information is available at: blackhat.com. Kubernetes Security.

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Black Hat USA, Linux Academy’s next stop.

Linux Academy

Linux Academy is officially a sponsor of Black Hat USA. Literally, you can win an extremely rare & enormous Linux Academy penguin. We will test you on common security misconfigurations that open doors to attackers! More information is available at: blackhat.com. Kubernetes Security.

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Employee Spotlight – Bob Salmans, Security Training Architect

Linux Academy

Our Training Architects are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of online learning and helping professionals become cloud and Linux experts! Hear from one of our Security Training Architects, Bob Salmans, below and see why he loves working at Linux Academy. What do you do at Linux Academy? I love to cook.

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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half

SecureWorld News

Their attacks begin with tailored spear-phishing emails disguised as job applications, containing personalized Information Security Officer (ISO) images that include signed executables, decoy documents, and malicious DLL files. For more details on each, download the report (must provide contact information to receive).

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Backups | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

The importance of local and cloud backups. As information security professionals, it may not be our job to manage system backups, but it is our job to realize the importance backups have in the realm of information security. We went from tapes to drives to the cloud. Not a pretty picture, is it?

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Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure: Intro

Linux Academy

This is the year we take information security to the next level. The next level is taking a journey with me throughout 2019 to discuss many different ways you can increase the security of your infrastructure. Securing Your Infrastructure. This is meant to be a discussion as well as an informative outlet.