Don't expose your system with sloppy scripts! Although a Linux desktop or server is less susceptible to viruses and malware than a typical Windows device, there isn't a device on the internet that isn ...

Uptycs Threat Research outline how malicious Linux shell scripts are used to cloak attacks and how defenders can detect and mitigate against them. Siddartha Sharma and Adhokshaj Mishra Evasive ...

A chronological summary of how the attack on XZ Utils was carried out can be found in the article below. Timeline summary of backdoor attack on XZ Utils - GIGAZINE Cox said that this attack can be ...

Jack Wallen shows how you can create a Linux shell script that requires a password without having to save a password within the script. Image: dennizn/Adobe Stock ...

One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts. These can be shell scripts, or use the Perl, ...

The script command not only makes a record of what commands you run but also allows you to save the output generated so that you can examine it later or easily turn your command sequences into scripts ...

As Terry Lambert, the developer behind Linux ancestor Unix, once said, "It is not Unix's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so choose to do so, then it is Unix's job to deliver Mr. Bullet ...