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Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the 10th long-term supported release of its popular Linux distribution.
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prisoninmate writes: Fedora Linux 40 distribution has been officially released — powered by the latest Linux 6.8 kernel series, and featuring the GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6 desktop environments, reports 9to5Linux: “Powered by the latest and greatest Li… Continue reading Fedora Linux 40 Officially Released
We have a Linux server running CentOS7. A few days ago we found out that it has started continuously attempting to connect to a Windows server share via port 445 using a certain user’s AD credentials. Every 2-3 seconds there is a SYN_SENT … Continue reading Linux automated SMB connection attempts: has my server been compromised [migrated]
I have an application with a shared secret. This application runs as my user. However, Linux has the /proc directory, and particularly /proc/{pid}/mem and /proc/{pid}/maps. Any process created with my user id can access this, and I do no… Continue reading Is it possible to hide a secret value from my own processes on Linux?
Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks
I run the following script at boot to spoof my mac address before starting NetworkManager and connecting to any AP:
#!/bin/bash
# Wireless mac spoofing
echo "Spoofing wireless mac address (wlan0)"
sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep … Continue reading Spoofing MAC address not working with wired interface [closed]
I’m stuck on a CTF exercise that has been quite difficult to get a grasp of. I have access to a server as a user. On this server, there’s only root other than me. I am supposed to access a file in root where I have no permissions or read t… Continue reading CTF assistance on linux privilege escape [closed]
VMWare Workstation is a reliable platform that helps you run Kali Linux seamlessly. This opens a world of possibilities for security testing, penetration testing, and learning about cybersecurity tools and techniques. In this article, we will guide you… Continue reading How to install Kali Linux on VMWare Workstation
Kaspersky analysis of the backdoor recently found in XZ, which is used in many popular Linux distributions and in OpenSSH server process. Continue reading XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis
I often need to run commands with sudo during development and since my password is lengthy I don’t like to type it every time sudo times out which by default is 5 minutes.
To deal with that I’ve run sudo visudo and have set Defaults timest… Continue reading Security implications of increasing sudo timeout in terminal