| by Scott Kilroy

How attackers slip inside WordPress

WordPress is an incredibly popular tool for building websites, and don’t think the attackers haven’t noticed. We’ll show you what to watch for.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Bulk renaming files with the rename command

The rename command is a powerful means to simultaneously rename or even move multiple files following a given pattern.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Quality-testing for Debian packages

The adequate command-line tool helps users pinpoint problems with installed DEB packages.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Understanding reverse shells

Firewalls block shell access from outside the network. But what if the shell is launched from the inside?

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-23 02:39:27

In kernel news: Heap Hardening Against Hostile Spraying; and Core Contention Improvements … or Not.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-23 02:39:26

This month Graham looks at Gyroflow, gRainbow, Polyrhythmix, mfp, Mission Center, and more!

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| by Scott Kilroy

Musical Chairs

Last month I used this space to talk about IBM/Red Hat’s plan to restrict access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code. This eerie announcement, which seemed quite contrary to the ideals of free software, sent shock waves through the community.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Multifaceted backups with Kopia

Data deduplication, encryption, compression, incremental backups, error correction, and support for snapshots and popular cloud storage services: Kopia delivers.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-23 02:39:19

AlmaLinux 9.2 and blendOS

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| by Scott Kilroy

Picking locks with local file inclusion

A local file inclusion attack uses files that are already on the target system.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Screenshot tools for the command line

Linux is awash in desktop screenshot tools, but what if you want to take a quick screenshot from a terminal window?

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| by Scott Kilroy

From Contract Law to Copyright

The ideas about and methods for protecting software rights have evolved as computers have moved from expensive and relatively rare to far more affordable and ubiquitous.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-23 02:39:14

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2023-08-23 02:39:14

In the news: Nitrux 2.9.1 Available and Uses a Newer Linux Kernel; Zorin OS 16.3; Mageia 9 RC1; Linux Mint 21.2; AlmaLinux Will No Longer Aim for 1:1 RHEL Compatibility; Canonical Announces Real-Time Ubuntu for Intel Core; EU-US Data Privacy Framework …

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| by Scott Kilroy

The Fediverse’s answer to Reddit

With Reddit closing off access to its API, it is time to look to the Fediverse for an alternative.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Understanding privilege escalation

Even a small configuration error or oversight can create an opening for privilege escalation. These real-world escalation techniques will help you understand what to watch for.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Use gestures to browse a document on your Raspberry Pi

Have you found yourself following instructions on a device for repairing equipment or been half-way through a recipe, up to your elbows in grime or ingredients, then needed to turn or scroll down a page? Wouldn’t you rather your Raspberry Pi do the hon…

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| by Scott Kilroy

DietPi lean server distribution

The DietPi minimalist distribution improves the performance of the Raspberry Pi and other single-board computers as servers and desktops and comes with more than 200 specially chosen applications and services.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Network diagnostics with Go

Why is the WiFi not working? Instead of always typing the same steps to diagnose the problem, Mike Schilli writes a tool in Go that puts the wireless network through its paces and helps isolate the cause.

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| by Scott Kilroy

Creating a graphical Python app with CardStock

CardStock provides a simple development environment for building a Python graphical application.

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