Enterprise Linux Security

What happens when you open up the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to the public Internet? Definitely some shenanigans, that's what. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss some recent news, which includes a company that made the mistake of making RDP available to everyone, multiple crypto-malwares at the same time, and other news.

When Ransomware attacks begin spreading, how would officials go about finding the source? Most of the time, finding the culprit(s) behind cyber-attacks is a very challenging task. In this episode of Enterprise Linux Security, Joao and Jay discuss some methods that were recently used to de-anonymize ransomware domains.

System Administrators are the heroes we need, and in today's episode of Enterprise Linux Security, we celebrate Sysadmin Day 2022 and the many people that work tirelessly to keep our servers running.

In episode 36 of the Enterprise Linux Security podcast, Jay and Joao record an episode live for the first time.

In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss a recent report that identifies the "Top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses." This list includes the usual suspects, as well as some very interesting findings as well. In addition, the descriptions of the common weaknesses serves as a good jumping in point if you're new to this podcast.

What would it be like to suffer a cyberattack event, that literally closes down an entire business? That's exactly what happened to United Structures of America, a steel manufacturing company. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss what happened, and some of the lessons learned that should cause other organizations to take a hard look at how insecure their own systems are.

Atlassian software is constantly under attack, and often the source of many lost weekends for IT admins. Recently, a brand-new vulnerability has been discovered - CVE-2022-26134. This particular vulnerability is remotely exploitable, and has been listed as critical. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss this vulnerability, as well as some of the struggles around Atlassian software in general.

Are you a fan of MySQL? What if we told you that there's an infinite supply of it online, right out in the open?! It's literally as bad as it sounds! In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss how over 3.6 million MySQL instances are publicly available, as well as other forms of unintended public access.

A "researcher" with a screen name of "Sockpuppets" decides to demonstrate how insecure some specific online resources are, in the worst way possible. You can't make this stuff up! In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss what this individual wanted to accomplish (and what happened instead).

There are many tools and utilities around security and network management, and in this episode of Enterprise Linux Security, Jay and Joao discuss some of their favorites.