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Episode 9 – Linux Hardening

Welcome Episode 9 Newshttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1139http://fortune.com/2017/02/21/google-site-search-discontinued/ (sorry for the obnoxious auto-play)https://www.cyberscoop.com/cellebrite-iphone-6-ufed-samsung-galaxy-facebook-messenger-snapchat/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-23/social-media-is-driving-americans-insane Announcementshttp://www.patreon.com/ironsysadminPlans for ironsysadmin.comhttps://www.meetup.com/LVHackers/events/237389393/ Chathttp://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/signs-your-child-computer-hacker-12626527https://newbiedm.com/rpgkids/ ​Main topicBasic Linux Securitybuild environmentupdateslocal firewalldisable root

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Episode 8 – Choosing a cloud or service provider

Newshttp://www.computerworld.com/article/3162416/data-center/booted-up-in-1993-this-server-still-runs-but-not-for-much-longer.htmlhttps://torrentfreak.com/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-blocks-pirate-bay-and-other-pirate-sites-170209/https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/09/2017-iphones-wireless-charging/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/justice-naps-man-jailed-16-months-for-refusing-to-reveal-passwords/https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/office-365-advanced-threat-protection-features-shortfalls/ Announcementshttp://www.patreon.com/ironsysadminWe have a domain now!  www.ironsysadmin.comAnd an email address!  podcast -at- ironsysadmin.comhttp://www.infosanity.org/ ChatInternet in the docker in the cloud

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Episode 7 – Cloud Wrap-up

Newshttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/dell-talk-linux-laptops-distros-saleshttp://lineageos.org/Yes-this-is-us/https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/17/01/26/2030201/microsoft-reportedly-working-on-a-lightweight-version-of-windows-known-as-cloud-shellhttp://www.macworld.com/article/3161757/techology-business/the-week-in-apple-news-ios-10-3-public-beta-apple-vs-qualcomm-night-shift-for-macos-sierra-and-more.html— Related —https://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/06/a-zfs-developers-analysis-of-the-good-and-bad-in-apples-new-apfs-file-system/ Main topiccloud services follow-upvendor lock inlevel of control, vs ease of useyou’ll totally save an FTEAnd money,

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Episode 6 – What To Do When You’re In Over Your Head

Newshttps://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/01/10/238223/why-you-shouldnt-trust-geek-squadhttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/01/10/1428219/fitbit-buys-vector-romanian-startups-existing-smartwatches-wont-receive-software-updates-anymorehttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/01/13/1457242/half-the-work-people-do-can-be-automated-says-mckinseyhttps://it.slashdot.org/story/17/01/13/1444233/security-experts-rebut-the-guardians-report-that-claimed-whatsapp-has-a-backdoorhttps://security.web.cern.ch/security/venom.shtmlhttp://rhelblog.redhat.com/2017/01/13/docker-0-day-stopped-cold-by-selinux/http://boingboing.net/2017/01/13/it-turns-out-that-halfway-clev.html Main topicWhat do you do when you’re in over your head?Are you over-thinking the problem?is there someone you can

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Episode 5 – Time Management

Newshttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/12/27/1427215/with-cyanogen-dead-googles-control-over-android-is-tighter-than-ever https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/12/27/0157226/apple-publishes-its-first-ai-research-paper https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-tests-new-green-screen-of-death-on-latest-windows-10-builds/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/op-ed-im-giving-up-on-pgp/ Main topicHandling incoming taskstask lists?issue/request trackers?Email/inboxmundane/repetitive tasks Intro and Outro mysic credit: Tri Tachyon, Digital MK

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Episode 4 – Managing Expectations

Holiday Hack:http://www.holidayhackchallenge.com Newshttp://thehackernews.com/2016/12/yahoo-data-breach-billion.htmlhttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/15/2051214/verizon-changes-its-mind-and-will-kill-samsungs-galaxy-note-7-on-january-5thhttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/12/15/1929243/fitbit-wont-kill-off-pebble-services-at-least-until-2018http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2016/12/day-6-no-more-on-call-martyrs.htmlhttps://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/0229207/zero-days-hitting-fedora-and-ubuntu-open-desktops-to-a-world-of-hurtMain topicDont be too proud – we all started somewhereyou’re probably going to have to take support callsmaybe

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Episode 3 – So You Wanna Be A Sysadmin

Newshttp://www.securityweek.com/disgruntled-gamer-likely-behind-october-us-hacking-experthttp://thehackernews.com/2016/11/acquisition-oracle-dyn.htmlhttp://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/elegant-0day-unicorn-underscores-serious-concerns-about-linux-security/https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/12/04/0142242/devuans-systemd-free-linux-hits-beta-2Main topicSo you want to be a sysadmin   Intro and outro music credit: Tri Tachyon, Digital MK 2http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/

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Episode 2 – You got your dev in my ops!

NewsStickers let you trick fingerprint readershttps://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/11/09/2249222/fake-fingerprint-stickers-let-you-access-a-protected-phone-while-wearing-glovesRHEL 7.3!http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Red-Hat-Releases-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-7.3EMET is going awayhttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2458544Microsoft is hiring autistic peoplehttps://www.fastcompany.com/3062835/hr/microsoft-autism-hiringCRISPR gene editinghttp://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a23898/crispr-gene-editing-tool-used-on-a-human/ Main topicYou got your

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