Security News

Sysadmins need to know – how DO you pronounce “sudo”?
2019-07-26 14:52

We take on one of #SysAdminDay's thorny issues.

Fired sysadmin pleads guilty to doxxing five senators on Wikipedia
2019-04-09 10:45

Cosko, 27, pleaded guilty to five counts including making public restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and obstruction of justice,

El Chapo was brought down by a sysadmin
2019-01-11 10:30

Christian Rodriguez says he set up secure VoIP communications for the cartel: a system whose encryption keys he wound up giving to the FBI.

What the #!/%* is that rogue Raspberry Pi doing plugged into my company's server room, sysadmin despairs
2018-11-20 22:44

Online sleuths dig into the case, with surprising success It's every sysadmin's worst nightmare: discovering that someone has planted a device in your network, among all your servers, and you have...

Prank 'Give me a raise!' email nearly lands sysadmin with dismissal
2018-08-13 09:45

Staffer learns hard way: boss jokes don't mix well with infosec demos Who, Me? Welcome again to Who, Me?, where we invite Reg readers to begin the week crossing their fingers it will be better...

Your essential guide to what Sysadmins really mean
2018-07-27 14:54

You're a sysadmin and you're misunderstood, until now.

Help us bring a smile to a sysadmin’s dial…
2018-07-27 13:59

There's a bit of poetry in everyone, so we're asking you to write an amusing limerick to celebrate #SysAdminDay... how hard can it be?

40% off Sophos Home Premium. Happy SysAdmin Day
2018-07-27 10:27

If you're the least non-technical person in your family then to them, you're a sysadmin. We can help with that.

Red Hat smitten by secure enclaves 'cos some sysadmins are evil
2018-05-08 23:29

Also reveals plans to replace Atomic Host with CoreOS Linux Red Hat Summit Red Hat has revealed a plan to to work with CPU-makers so that its wares can take advantage of in-silicon security...