<!–> Weiquan Lin/Getty Images For the most part, ordinary Linux users don’t know what curl is. Programmers and system administrators know the utility well, though. This shell command and its associated library, libcurl, is used to transfer data over every network protocol you’ve ever heard of, and it’s used in desktops, servers, clouds, cars, television […] More
<!–> tsingha25/Getty Images Before I dive into this, I want to make a public service announcement. I’ll keep it brief. A password manager is a much more secure method of saving/using passwords than a web browser. There. I’ve said it. Also: The best password managers to save you from login hassle I also understand that […] More
<!–> Monster DDoS attacks hit Google Cloud and other major internet services. Google Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks may be one of the least sophisticated types of cyberattacks but they can do real damage. Now Google and other top cloud companies are reporting new records for the largest DDoS attacks ever. The Google Cloud was […] More
<!–> Google If you’ve ever complained about having to remember too many passwords, a new Google initiative may help you out. In fact, Google is hoping you’ll decide to ditch passwords entirely. Starting today, Google is making passkeys the preferred login setting for signing in to your Google account. Instead of relying on a traditional […] More
<!–> Cultura RF/Brett Phibbs/Getty Images On October 12, 2023, Canonical will be releasing Ubuntu 23.10. This new version of Ubuntu Linux is already looking good. One new security feature, however, hasn’t gotten much attention: Restricted unprivileged user namespaces, It should. This has the potential to significantly improve Linux desktop and container security. But, what are […] More
<!–> Bill Hinton/Getty Images According to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Americans lost $2.7 billion to social media scams, more than website, phone call, email, text, or pop-up ad scams. In a new report, the FTC details how scammers target people on social media and what kind of scams result in the most significant […] More
Taylor Clemons/ZDNET The Getac B360<!–> is one of the few laptops I’ve been able to get my hands on that can truly be described as “rugged”. This laptop weighs in at a hefty 5.1 pounds and measures 13.5 x 11.06 x 1.37 inches, making it one of the largest and heaviest laptops I’ve ever encountered. […] More
<!–> Richard McManus/Getty Images It is no secret that Linux is a far more secure option than Windows. From the ground up, Linux was designed to be highly secure. Since I started using Linux (back in ’97), I’ve only had one cybersecurity threat arise, which was a rootkit on a server I inherited. Sadly, that […] More
