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Understanding Open Source: Benefits and Security Challenges of OSS

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Open-source software (OSS) adoption has increased dramatically over recent years due to its flexibility and cost-cutting benefits, but whether or not OSS is completely safe is often controversial. Due to its open and collaborative nature, this type of software presents unique advantages and security challenges.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Dec 04, 2024

Enhance Your Business Agility and Security with Low-Code Platforms

What if your team could build an app in days, not months—without needing a single line of code? Well, now it’s possible.

Dec 03, 2024

Master Business Intelligence with Open-Source Data Solutions

Business intelligence platforms are specific technologies based on creating a system that enables companies to monitor and analyze data like never before. What is the goal of these systems?

Nov 25, 2024

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Maximize WordPress Security: Proven Containerization Strategies for Effective Management

Keeping WordPress secure can be challenging, especially when considering Linux security concerns in a typical LAMP stack setup. Most WordPress security issues stem from third-party plugins, insecure coding, and server-level vulnerabilities in a typical LAMP stack setup-Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP-to build and deploy WordPress.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Nov 14, 2024

Maximize Efficiency with Third-Party Risk Management Automation for Linux

As more vendors, suppliers, and contractors become integral to an organization's operation, the need to identify and mitigate risks associated with such external partners is significant. Third-party risk management automation (TPRM) is essential in this process. TPRM involves integrating technology that streamlines and automates various methods for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks from external partners.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Nov 11, 2024

Explore Breach and Attack Simulation for Improving Linux Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity threats have reached a new level of prevalence and sophistication, and innovative methods and tools are urgently needed to protect sensitive information. Recent statistics are eye-opening: According to Statista, 2,365 recorded cybersecurity attacks in 2023, a surprising 72% growth compared to 2021.

Dave Wreski

Dave Wreski
Oct 31, 2024

Comprehensive Guide to Fixing MySQL InnoDB Table Corruption

MySQL InnoDB tables are the tables created using the InnoDB search engine. You can create InnoDB tables using the CREATE TABLE command, DATA DIRECTORY clause, and CREATETABLE … TABLESPACE system. Irrespective of your methods to create InnoDB tables, they are prone to corruption and inconsistencies. When the tables created in the InnoDB search engine are damaged or corrupted, you can face different errors and issues while accessing those tables.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 29, 2024

Understanding Linux Persistence Mechanisms and Tools for Detection

As Linux-based systems gain greater prevalence across various IT infrastructures, they become increasingly popular targets for attackers. One of threat actors' primary goals post-breach is persistence, techniques that allow them to access compromised systems even after reboots or updates.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 27, 2024

Enhance Your Linux Server Security with SSH Best Practices

Secure remote connections are essential when managing a Linux server, and one of the most widely used and trusted methods for remote server administration is Secure Shell (SSH). SSH creates a protected channel over an insecure network by encrypting all information shared between the server and client, safeguarding data exchanged between them from potential attackers, eavesdroppers, hijackers, or manipulators of communication streams.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 21, 2024

Transforming Third-Party Risk Management with Automation for Enhanced Efficiency

Managing third-party risks is critical to business operations, especially in today’s interconnected global economy. With organizations relying on vendors, suppliers, and contractors more than ever, identifying and mitigating risks associated with these external parties is essential.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 17, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Linux Proxy Servers

Linux proxy servers are essential for individuals and organizations looking to enhance their online privacy, data, network security, and browsing experience. In this comprehensive article, we will explore the concept of proxy servers, discuss the advantages of using a Linux proxy server, dive into the risks associated with their usage, highlight Squid as an efficient and user-friendly Linux proxy server, and provide step-by-step instructions on how to set up the HTTP Linux proxy.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 08, 2024

Open Source Vulnerability Assessment Tools & Scanners

Computer systems, software, applications, and other interfaces are vulnerable to network security threats. Failure to find these cybersecurity vulnerabilities can lead to the downfall of a company. Therefore, businesses must utilize vulnerability scanners regularly within their systems and servers to identify existing loopholes and weaknesses that can be resolved through security patching.

Dave Wreski

Dave Wreski
Oct 03, 2024

Enhance Your Linux Security with Essential Cybersecurity Regulations

Security is an essential consideration when using computers and other technological devices. Linux admins and organizations must be informed about applicable legal measures related to the safety of their systems to ensure compliance and protect against possible risks.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Sep 27, 2024

How Static Residential Proxies Facilitate Ethical Web Scraping Practices

Web scraping is a technique organizations and researchers use to extract useful information from the web. However, this method poses various ethical and technical concerns. Many websites employ anti-scraping measures, making collecting data efficiently and responsibly challenging. Further, frequent similar requests from multiple locations can arouse a system's suspicion, resulting in access being denied.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Sep 20, 2024

Linux in the Cloud: Exploring Linux-based Cloud Computing Solutions

Cloud computing has significantly changed the business landscape as various organizations have benefited from the ability to harness scalable infrastructure, flexible storage, and high performance.

Anthony Pell

Anthony Pell
Sep 14, 2024

The Future-Proof Server: Protecting Against Malware and Enhancing Security for Admins

Linux servers are a far more dominant force in the industry than people give them credit for. Sure, many personal computers run on Windows, but Linux is the operating system behind roughly 81% of all the websites. One reason for this is that it’s more resilient to the majority of threats that most of their counterparts face.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Sep 12, 2024

The Three Best Tools You Need to Scan Your Linux System for Malware

While Linux servers are already extremely secure by default, there are extra steps you can and should take if you do have a Linux server instance running. As with any system, vulnerabilities still exist and can wreak havoc if proper prevention and security best practices are not implemented.

Brian Gomez

Brian Gomez
Sep 07, 2024

5 Open-Source Blockchain Technologies That Linux Users Need to Know About

With hundreds of thousands of open-source projects underway, it’s easy to say that open-source has become a standard in software development. And when discussing open source, the first development environment that comes to mind is Linux.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Aug 31, 2024

Transforming Cybersecurity Quality Assurance with AI and Machine Learning

The landscape of cyber threats and Linux vulnerabilities is evolving at an unprecedented pace, making it imperative for organizations to adopt advanced security measures. While effective to an extent, traditional quality assurance (QA) methods may no longer suffice against sophisticated cyberattacks.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Aug 17, 2024

Exploring Key Benefits of Code Signing Solutions for Enhanced Software Integrity

Code signing involves approving applications, software code, scripts, or programs to authorize their origin. The goal is to ensure that the code is never tampered with. Certificate Authorities (CA) confirm the identity of the code-signing source and link a public key to a code-signing certificate.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Aug 17, 2024

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Understanding Linux Persistence Mechanisms and Tools for Detection

Enhance Your Linux Server Security with SSH Best Practices

Transforming Third-Party Risk Management with Automation for Enhanced Efficiency

Everything You Need to Know About Linux Proxy Servers

Open Source Vulnerability Assessment Tools & Scanners

Enhance Your Linux Security with Essential Cybersecurity Regulations

How Static Residential Proxies Facilitate Ethical Web Scraping Practices

Linux in the Cloud: Exploring Linux-based Cloud Computing Solutions

The Future-Proof Server: Protecting Against Malware and Enhancing Security for Admins

The Three Best Tools You Need to Scan Your Linux System for Malware

5 Open-Source Blockchain Technologies That Linux Users Need to Know About

Transforming Cybersecurity Quality Assurance with AI and Machine Learning

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