Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

This Tech Short Take is a bit heavy on security-related links, but there’s still some additional content in a number of other areas, so you should be able to find something useful—or at least interesting—in here. Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Think Linux doesn’t have malware?

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Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 112

The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

It’s the latest “major” update to Windows 10, and its big features include the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 and Cortana updates. The biggest change to the May 2020 Update is that it includes the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2), with a custom-built Linux kernel.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon WorkSpaces , the company’s virtual desktop service, just unveiled its first device for end users, a $195 product created by directly repurposing the hardware design for Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. “We wanted to take all the savings that we could get from manufacturing and turn that into lower prices for customers overall.”

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Hardware Linux Web Services HP 131

Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AMI, Insyde and Lenovo have released patches for LogoFAIL, an image library poisoning attack. Learn more about LogoFAIL.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Microsoft is creating a new security chip that’s designed to protect future Windows PCs. Microsoft Pluton is a security processor that is built directly into future CPUs and will replace the existing Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip that’s currently used to secure hardware and cryptographic keys. so you just get it.”

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Yubico is announcing a new version of its USB-C equipped YubiKey 5 security key with NFC built in, which should theoretically be a convenient combo and compatible with many future devices moving forward. Hardware-based keys offer extra layer of account security. Image: Yubico.

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Security Authentication Hardware Linux 88

Linux Academy

JUNE 10, 2019

Wireless security is not only a huge subject, but it’s also extremely important. It was patched quickly but this raised wireless security questions about WPA2. This is a great example of being proactive in security. An attempt to help secure open wireless networks with Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE).

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Wireless Security Authentication Network 60

Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The maintainers of Linux distributions are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability that's already being exploited in the wild and poses a serious risk to servers, desktops and other devices that run the OS. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-5195, has existed in the Linux kernel for the past nine years.

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Linux Academy

MAY 5, 2019

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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Linux Academy

MAY 5, 2019

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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Security Firewall Backup Malware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Alex Neihaus provides readers with a walkthrough for adding BGP routes to AWS security groups. Servers/Hardware. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Networking.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

For example, with hardware the past has always been that hardware gets cheaper and transistor counts go up so this cheaper hardware gets more powerful. Turns out that in parallel with this growth in capabilities in hardware is the adoption of technology. Linux and Android are obvious examples of this.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Servers/Hardware. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #146! Networking. Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Linux Academy

APRIL 18, 2019

As we promised, this week is all about Linux. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Prep Course is ready for you to dive into and learn everything you’ll need to know for the Redhat Certified Architect certification exam. So don’t forget to refer a friend when signing up for your new discounted price!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Dataconomy

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The Flipper Zero, a tiny pen-testing device, has become a darling of the security community. It’s packed with tools for exploring hardware, software, and wireless protocols. Attackers can use Linux computers or Android devices with specific apps to carry out the same type of attacks.

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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

We are also excited to announce Linux Academy’s next live study group, Command Line Threat Hunting. Choose Linux — Ubuntu MATE on the Pi + The Linux Community : We take Ubuntu MATE 18.04 After that, a fascinating discussion about the Linux community. Want to know more? Take a look here !

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Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

We are also excited to announce Linux Academy’s next live study group, Command Line Threat Hunting. Choose Linux — Ubuntu MATE on the Pi + The Linux Community : We take Ubuntu MATE 18.04 After that, a fascinating discussion about the Linux community. Want to know more? Take a look here !

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

We are also excited to announce Linux Academy’s next live study group, Command Line Threat Hunting. Choose Linux — Ubuntu MATE on the Pi + The Linux Community : We take Ubuntu MATE 18.04 After that, a fascinating discussion about the Linux community. Want to know more? Take a look here !

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Matt Oswalt takes readers though a fairly in-depth look at sockets and address binds in Linux.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Network World

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Announced in June of last year, Cisco’s Tetration Analytics is a turnkey analytics package that gathers information from hardware and software sensors and analyzes the information using big data and machine learning.

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Cloud Data Center Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Servers/Hardware. maximizing revenue per hardware instance). Marco Lancini discusses security logging in AWS environments. Networking.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 18, 2019

Consider the typical items in your budget in a traditional IT environment like hardware maintenance costs, costs associated with OS patching, storage administration, and testing. Operational resilience in the cloud depends on operations, security, software, and infrastructure. All these things add up! Next Steps.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. Servers/Hardware. I hope that you find something useful here.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Mayhem also handles user-land (containerized) Linux applications. Here are some helpful tips for quickly determining if your application is compatible: Does the Linux file <app> command say that your application is a Linux ELF file? Development Speed or Code Security. Is the application a user-land application?

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How To Linux Applications Hardware 40

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. Servers/Hardware. Orca Security discusses the “Superglue” vulnerability in AWS Glue. Sander Rodenhuis wrote an article on security policies in Kubernetes. BIOS updates without a reboot , and under Linux first?

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Servers/Hardware. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #146! Networking. Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. SilentKnight is a set of security tools/checks for macOS. This list of best practices for securing OpenSSH systems may be useful. Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Servers/Hardware. Daniel Holback talks about the addition of fuzzing to the Flux controllers , to improve the security posture of the Flux project.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

The content this time around seems to be a bit more security-focused, but I’ve still managed to include a few links in other areas. Rory McCune points out that Kubernetes is a router , and users should not rely on the fact that pods are not accessible from the outside by default as any form of a security barrier. Networking.

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Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. I need to move it back to Windows from Linux.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Uh oh… more hardware exploits. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. What a time to be alive: Microsoft has its own Linux distribution.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Servers/Hardware I must admit that I always wanted to have a Sun workstation, and I’ve had an interest in SunOS/Solaris for years (check out this link if you don’t believe me). Here are some design considerations for Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) networks.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Servers/Hardware. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Part 1 covers how to choose a Linux distribution, and part 2 discusses some security tips for installing Linux on your SysAdmin workstation.

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