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Remotely supporting as a System Administrator

Spearline Testing

We recently interviewed System Administrator, Daniel Popielnicki, about how he has adapted to working from home, the challenges he faced assisting other Spearliners, and more. One of your main roles as System Administrator is to make sure that all of Spearline’s employees are doing okay. Actually, yes!

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Cyberspies tap free tools to make powerful malware framework

Network World

In fact, the use of publicly available tools designed for system administration can increase an attack's efficiency and makes it harder for security vendors to detect it and link it to a particular threat actor. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Eleven-year-old root flaw found and patched in the Linux kernel

Network World

Linux system administrators should be on the watch for kernel updates because they fix a local privilege escalation flaw that could lead to a full system compromise. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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What it takes to become an IT security engineer

Network World

After being laid off in 2008 from his first IT job in tech support and systems administration, friends encouraged Copeland to use his networking talents to get a certification that would boost his career. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) CSO Online. Getting started.

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5 must-have security tools

Network World

“This system captures activity from Active Directory and Windows system logs, tracking everything from user sign-on to file manipulation. It then presents this information in an easy-to-use dashboard with advanced reporting options,” says Gregory Oliver, senior network systems administrator for Montgomery County.

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How AI can deliver eye-opening insights for IT

CIO Business Intelligence

No matter what your newsfeed may be, it’s likely peppered with articles about the wonders of artificial intelligence. Cybersecurity risk level indicators – normal, low, medium, and high – which AIOps derives are giant steps ahead of manual methods of checking systems for security lapses and vulnerabilities. And rightly so.

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A spam-control issue unique to Australia?

Network World

A user of Reddit’s section devoted to systems administration yesterday offered up for inspection an F-bomb-laden phishing email that had eluded his company’s spam filter despite the filter having been set to weed out such cursing. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here I also laughed out loud.