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Fail2ban is one of the first pieces of software I install on Linux servers. I'm going to walk you through that very thing, demonstrating the process that will help you get fail2ban installed on either Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux.
Trend Micro released a research on the state of Linux security in the first half of 2021. The report gives valuable insight into how Linux operating systems are being targeted as organizations increase their digital footprint in the cloud and the pervasive threats that make up the Linux threat landscape.
Analysts reviewed 13 million security incidents and found that end-of-life versions of Linux distributions were at the biggest risk. Linux now has been around long enough that old versions are causing security problems, according to a new report from Trend Micro.
That's according to an in-depth look at the Linux threat landscape published by U.S.-Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, detailing the top threats and vulnerabilities affecting the operating system in the first half of 2021, based on data amassed from honeypots, sensors, and anonymized telemetry. CVE-2020-17496 - vBulletin 'subwidgetConfig' unauthenticated RCE vulnerability.
That's according to an in-depth look at the Linux threat landscape published by U.S.-Japanese cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, detailing the top threats and vulnerabilities affecting the operating system in the first half of 2021, based on data amassed from honeypots, sensors, and anonymized telemetry. CVE-2020-17496 - vBulletin 'subwidgetConfig' unauthenticated RCE vulnerability.
By leveraging more than 20 known vulnerabilities in Linux and Windows servers, the HolesWarm cryptominer malware has been able to break into more than 1,000 cloud hosts just since June. The basic cryptominer botnet has been so successful at juggling so many different known vulnerabilities between attacks, researchers at Tencent who first identified HolesWarm refer to the malware as the "King of Vulnerability Exploitation."
SUSE announced its flagship Linux distribution has earned Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification.SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 is now EAL 4+ level certified for IBM Z, Arm and x86-64 architectures, signifying compliance with the most-demanding security requirements for mission-critical infrastructure.
If you can't find your favorite Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution available in the Microsoft Store, a new program called EasyWSL can convert almost any Linux Docker image into a WSL distro. The Microsoft Store offers many prebuilt Linux WSL distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Alpine, Kali, Debian, and more.
With Webmin, you can better secure and manage your instances of Rocky Linux. With distributions such as Rocky Linux, Webmin isn't included in the standard repositories, so you'll need to jump through a couple of hoops to get it up and running.
When your Linux servers are giving you fits, Jack Wallen has the solution for you.