This is an update to the Ethereum Classic Airdrop Scam that I posted a few days ago, with amplifying information. In the United States, the Internet Crime Complaint Center can take reports about these types of crimes. Cybersecurity Awareness is important, whether in your personal life or in business. Be sure to take computer security and network security seriously.
Is open source software more secure than closed source proprietary software? A lot of people, including us Linux advocates, think so. But, as we shall see, that's not always the case. If you're a Linux administrator, or any kind of IT administrator, you need to understand that operating system security and software security are important topics.
Link to original article:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-software-breaches-surge-in-the-past-12-months/
Purchase link to my "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening" book:
https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening
Purchase link to my "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening" video course:
https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening-video
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggj_mYVGSH8
In this Linux tutorial, we'll use the logical volume manager to create a simple, linear logical volume. Understanding Linux logical volumes is an important Linux administration skill. It's something that you'll use for both normal Linux server administration, and for on a Linux cloud server.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN-YkMAuLc
This time, we're looking at some Linux gaming. The Linux game that we're considering is the Battle for Wesnoth. It's a free open-source, turn-based game that's available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. So yes, it is possible to do gaming on Linux.
Yes, linux gaming.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biHcrrLPAgo
A ten-year old programming bug in the Linux sudo utility can allow a non-privileged Linux user to gain a root user command prompt. Thank you for watching this Linux Security Report, from the BeginLinux Guru.
Article referenced in video:https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-years-old-sudo-bug-lets-linux-users-gain-root-level-access/
Purchase links for my "Mastering Linux Security and Hardening" book:
Directly from Packt Publishing-- https://www.packtpub.com/product/mastering-linux-security-and-hardening-second-edition/9781838981778
From Amazon-- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1838981772?pf_rd_r=PAXG7Y3FDTKB6QCZ2VJF&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVqUg0o_llA
File permissions and directory permissions settings work the same on both Linux and Unix. To set either Linux permissions or Unix permissions, just use the chmod command. To change the default permissions settings on file that you want to create, use the umask command. This is good information both Linux systems administrators and Unix systems administrators.
Hopefully, this will help you effectively use linux and unix file permissions.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9FEz20Zhmc
The lsblk command in Linux is a handy command for Linux administration. You can use it to view information about block devices on your Linux system, which are random access devices. In particular, this can help you with Linux storage management.
I hope you enjoy this Linux tutorial for beginners, brought to you by the BeginLinux Guru.
Here's the link to the article that I mentioned in the video:
https://linoxide.com/linux-command/linux-lsblk-command/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxlgrJXz5E
In previous videos, we looked at how to partition and format a disk drive in Linux. We then looked at how to mount a partition from the Linux command-prompt. In this disk partitioning linux tutorial, we'll look at how to automatically mount a partition every time we boot the machine by adding it to the fstab file.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYON0XtVWKU
This time, we'll look at upgrading OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Rolling Release. As it turns out, upgrading OpenSUSE Linux to a rolling release model is quite easy. Other than a couple of minor glitches, it works well. In fact, the upgrade worked better than it does on certain other Linux distros.
Procedure:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-upgrade-opensuse-leap-to-opensuse-tumbleweed/
Installing nVidia Drivers:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way
Installing Packman repository:
https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZDMHCZ08k
In this Linux tutorial, we'll look at what an lvm striped logical volume is and what a mirrored logical volume is. We'll then look at the basic Linux commands to set them up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsbDd-a-UVA