Slack users unwittingly phished with malicious payloads
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September 1, 2020
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Since late June, the platform’s file storage domain – slack-files.com – appeared to pop up with far more regularity on the Phish Alert Button, leading KnowBe4 researchers to surmise that Slack users using the referral URL domain, slack-redir.net, are being duped with malicious payloads, raising concerns. And if an attacker can penetrate an organization and take…
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Slack users unwittingly phished with malicious payloads | SC Media
Since late June, the platform’s file storage domain – slack-files.com – appeared to pop up with far more regularity on the Phish Alert Button, leading
Icinga 2 Version 2.11 Release Candidate Announced, Pinebook Pro Available for Pre-Order, Sailfish OS 3.1 Seitseminen Released, VirtualBox 6.0.10 Is Out, and It's National Sysadmin Day
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- July 26, 2019
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News briefs for July 26, 2019.
The Icinga team announces a release candidate for Icinga 2 version 2.11.
Main improvements in Icinga 2.11 include a rewritten network stack, improved
cluster sync, self-healing and debugging docs, and much more. See the Icinga
blog for more details.
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- July 26, 2019
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How to use apt to install programs from command line in Debian
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(Posted by vitux on Sep 5, 2020 6:04 PM EDT)
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This article shows how to use the apt-get command for installing programs from the command line in Debian OS. We have used Debian 10 OS for running the commands and procedure mentioned in this article.
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How to use apt to install programs from command line in Debian
If you are a Linux user, you might be well aware of the apt-get command. It is a powerful package management tool that can be used to search, install, update, upgrade, and manage the packages in a Linux operating system.
BpyTOP – resource monitor tool
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LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms
(Posted by sde on Sep 5, 2020 4:55 AM EDT)
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The top utility needs little introduction to seasoned Linux users. top is a small utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It allows users to monitor the processes that are running on a system. BpyTOP is an alternative to top. It’s a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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BpyTOP - resource monitor tool - LinuxLinks
BpyTOP is a resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
HP Releases Z Series Laptops with Official Ubuntu 20.04 Support
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Computer maker HP announced its latest offering Z series of laptops with certified Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
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HP Releases Z Series Laptops with Official Ubuntu 20.04 Support
Computer maker HP announced its latest offering Z series of laptops with certified Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Named ZBook Fury G7 15 and 17 – the new HP workstations are for professionals who want to work on ML and AI with a combination of powerful hardware and rock…
Australia says state-based actor is behind surge of sophisticated cyberattacks
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June 22, 2020
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned late last week that a sophisticated, state-sponsored cyber actor has been attacking the country’s government and corporate institutions, as well as critical infrastructure operators, with increasing regularity. Morrison did not name-and-shame the specific country that is responsible for the alleged attacks. But inside sources told Reuters that China is…
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Australia alleges state-based actor is behind surge of cyberattacks
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned late last week that a state-sponsored cyber actor has been attacking government and corporate institutions.
The Implications of an Increasingly Corporate FSF
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Techrights; By figosdev
(Posted by schestowitz on Jun 23, 2020 2:01 PM EDT)
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Who’s going to defend our 4 freedoms then? The people who bribed the watchdogs? The people who decapitated our organisations?
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The Implications of an Increasingly Corporate FSF
"Who's going to defend our 4 freedoms then? The people who bribed the watchdogs? The people who decapitated our organisations?"
Tax software used by Chinese bank clients installs GoldenSpy backdoor
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June 29, 2020
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A tax software program installed by business clients of an unidentified Chinese bank was trojanized with malware that installs a backdoor granting attackers SYSTEM-level privileges, researchers warn. In a company blog post and more detailed threat report, Trustwave and its SpiderLabs team identified the accounting softwa re as Intelligent Tax, which was reportedly developed by…
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Tax software used by Chinese bank clients installs GoldenSpy backdoor
A tax software program installed by business clients of a Chinese bank was trojanized with malware that installs a backdoor granting attackers SYSTEM-level privileges.
Meet UbuntuEd 20.04, an Educational Ubuntu Flavor for Kids, Schools and Universities
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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
(Posted by hanuca on Jun 30, 2020 9:06 PM EDT)
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The team behind the Ubuntu Unity distribution have released today UbuntuEd 20.04, an unofficial, educational focused Ubuntu flavor for kids, schools and universities.
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Meet UbuntuEd 20.04, an Educational Ubuntu Flavor for Kids, Schools and Universities - 9to5Linux
UbuntuEd 20.04 launches as an unofficial version of Ubuntu Linux featuring educational apps for kids, schools and universities.
How to Install and Configure Apache Hadoop on Ubuntu 20.04
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Apache Hadoop is an open-source framework used to manage, store and process data for various big data applications running under clustered systems. In this tutorial, we will explain how to set up a single-node Hadoop cluster on Ubuntu 20.04.
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How to Install and Configure Apache Hadoop on Ubuntu 20.04
Apache Hadoop is an open-source framework used to manage, store and process data for various big data applications running under clustered systems. In...
Linux sysadmins want to know: Where did my disk space go?
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Enable SysAdmin; By Scott McBrien
(Posted by enable-sysadmin on Jun 17, 2020 5:42 PM EDT)
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A discussion of storage space measurement units and reserved space.
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Linux sysadmins want to know: Where did my disk space go?
A discussion of storage space measurement units and reserved space.
How to Install and Use PHP Composer on Ubuntu 20.04
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(Posted by linuxize on Jun 18, 2020 7:02 AM EDT)
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Composer is a dependency manager for PHP (similar to npm for Node.js or pip for Python). With Composer, you can specify the PHP libraries your project depends on, and it will pull and manage all libraries and dependencies for you. Composer is used in all modern PHP frameworks and platforms such as Laravel, Symfony, Drupal, and Magento. This tutorial explains how to install and use Composer on Ubuntu 20.04.
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7 open source alternatives to VS Code
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(Posted by bob on Jun 22, 2020 8:21 PM EDT)
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Visual Studio Code, also known as VS Code, is a code editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It's the kind of editor that walks the line between editing text and managing your entire codebase, like an integrated development environment (IDE). It's extensible through plugins and has proven to be a reliable text editor that's easily beaten out formidable non-open rival editors.
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7 open source alternatives to VS Code
Visual Studio Code, also known as VS Code, is a code editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It's the kind of editor that walks the line between editing text and managing your entire codebase, like an integrated development environment (IDE). It's extensible…
How to Install Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 20.04
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(Posted by linuxize on Sep 4, 2020 2:23 AM EDT)
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Chromium is a fast, stable, and secure browser built for the modern web. It is the base of many browsers, including the most popular web browser in the world Google Chrome . This article explains two ways of installing Chromium on Ubuntu 20.04. Chromium can be installed as a snap package via the Snapcraft store or as a deb package from the Google repositories.
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How to Install Chromium Web Browser on Ubuntu 20.04
This article explains two ways of installing Chromium on Ubuntu 20.04. Chromium can be installed as a snap package via the Snapcraft store or as a deb package from the Google repositories.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing Drivers Now Support Fedora 32, RHEL 8.2
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(Posted by hanuca on Jun 17, 2020 9:48 AM EDT)
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The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) drivers have been updated to version 3.20.6, a release that adds support for several new HP printers and some of the latest GNU/Linux distributions.
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HP Linux Imaging and Printing Drivers Now Support Fedora 32, RHEL 8.2 - 9to5Linux
The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) drivers have been updated with support for Fedora 32, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, and Manjaro Linux 20.0.
Amnesty Int’l: Norway, Bahrain & Kuwait Covid-19 apps threaten privacy
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June 18, 2020
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An Amnesty International study of 11 Covid-19 contact tracing apps from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa found identified apps from Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway as the most dangerous to users’ privacy. In a news release published on Tuesday, the human rights organization’s Security Lab said Bahrain’s ‘BeAware Bahrain’, Kuwait’s ‘Shlonik’ and Norway’s ‘Smittestopp’…
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Amnesty Int'l: Norway, Bahrain & Kuwait Covid-19 apps threaten privacy
An Amnesty International study of 11 Covid-19 contact tracing apps from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa found identified apps from Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway as the most dangerous to users' privacy.
GnuCash 4.0 Free Accounting Software Released with Major New Features
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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
(Posted by hanuca on Jun 29, 2020 2:36 PM EDT)
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GnuCash 4.0 has been released as a major new version for this powerful, free and multi-platform accounting software for managing your finances, investments and accounts.
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GnuCash 4.0 Free Accounting Software Released with Major New Features - 9to5Linux
GnuCash 4.0 open-source, free and multi-platform accounting software arrives as a major release with numerous new features and improvements.
Demonstrating Perl with Tic-Tac-Toe, Part 3
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Fedora Magazine; By Gregory Bartholomew
(Posted by bob on Jul 3, 2020 3:32 PM EDT)
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Basic text manipulation using Perl was demonstrated previously. See how more complex algorithms can be written in Perl too – even artificial intelligence!
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Fedora Magazine; By Gregory Bartholomew
(Posted by bob on Jul 3, 2020 3:32 PM EDT)
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Demonstrating Perl with Tic-Tac-Toe, Part 3 - Fedora Magazine
Basic text manipulation using Perl was demonstrated previously. See how more complex algorithms can be written in Perl too – even artificial intelligence!
Use libguestfs to manage virtual machine disk images
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Enable SysAdmin; By Bryant Son
(Posted by enable-sysadmin on Sep 4, 2020 7:20 AM EDT)
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libguestfs is a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images. You can use this to view and edit files inside guests, scripting changes to VMs, monitoring disk used/free statistics, creating guests, P2V, V2V, performing backups, cloning VMs, and building VMs, formatting disks, resizing disks, and much more.
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Use libguestfs to manage virtual machine disk images
Give yourself the power to manage any operating system/virtual machine image with libguestfs tool.
Disable Touchpad when Mouse is connected to your Debian 10 System
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(Posted by vitux on Jun 17, 2020 3:13 PM EDT)
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In this article, we will describe two ways for Debian users to configure their laptop’s touchpad in a way that it is automatically disabled whenever they plug in an external mouse.
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Disable Touchpad when Mouse is connected to your Debian 10 System
Some users who frequently use an external USB mouse with their laptops prefer disabling the touchpad when the mouse is plugged in. The reason for doing so is to avoid accidental touches to the touchpad that might mess up with