A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed. The ...

Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that keeps an almost invisible profile by hiding in tasks scheduled for execution on a non-existent day, February 31st.

The new variant of Docker-targeting malware skips cryptomining in favor of persistence, backdoors, and even blocking rivals ...

For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

Here is how I back up my Linux laptop to make sure I don't lose anything important. Before I worried about exactly how I was ...

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been looking all over for a way to get pg_dump to play nice as a cron job. I've got it to work manually with the command:<BR><BR>pg_dump -u mydb > mydb.sql<BR><BR>With the above command, I'm prompted ...

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

Security researchers recently discovered a new, clever remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that almost has an almost invisible profile by hiding in tasks that are supposed to be executed on February ...