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Halting the ransomware blackmail wave
In the tsunami of ransomware infections this year, the Locky encryption trojan is a high-water mark. With a constant stream of novel attack patterns, this continually evolving pest makes life difficult for IT managers, users, and security vendors. Here's how to protect yourself.
Setting up MariaDB replication with the help of XtraBackup
If your database is so important that the content must not be lost between periodic data backups, replication is a possible solution. We describe how to set up replication for MariaDB with the aid of XtraBackup.
Keeping Docker containers safe
Docker containers introduce serious security problems, but you can employ a number of methods to deploy them securely.
Targeted attacks on companies
Watering hole and spear phishing targeted attacks offer the greatest rewards to cybercriminals. Here's how to protect your company from these types of attacks.
Network backups with Amanda
The free Amanda backup utility dates back to the days of tape drives, but it is still a powerful tool for centralized backup across the network.
New Exchange standard
Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013 introduced a new protocol, which has become the default in Exchange 2016: MAPI over HTTP.
Safeguard and scale containers
Security, deployment, and updates for thousands of nodes prove challenging in practice, but with CoreOS and Kubernetes, you can orchestrate container-based web applications in large landscapes.
Hyper-V containers with Windows Server 2016
The release of Windows Server 2016 also heralds a new version of Hyper-V, with improved cloud security, flexible virtual hardware, rolling upgrades of Hyper-V clusters, and production checkpoints.
A script for strict packet filter updates
Automatically create restrictive rules in Linux iptables packet filters.
Writing SELinux modules
Much has happened in the field of SELinux in the last few years, including the development of new usability features. The current release makes it easier to write SELinux policy modules yourself.
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