The Iron Sysadmin

Welcome to Episode 133a Main Topic

• Red Hat Insights Vulnerability Service with John Spinks

• Who’s John?

• What is insights (high level overview)

• What is the vulnerability service?

• How does it identify vulnerabilities?

• How does it fix vulnerabilities?

• Centralized view - helps you prioritize

• Data from OVAL - https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4161 

• Security Rules [https://access.redhat.com/articles/2968471 

• Known exploits

• Affected but not vulnerable

• Wanna watch a video?   https://youtu.be/b1qGrmZjoO0 

• What else does insights do?

• What about all that data, what am I sending to red hat?

• https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/management/insights/data-application-security 

 

 

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Welcome to Episode 133b Announcements

• Patreon Update

• name_pending197

• Jeremy

• Odin

• Andrew

• Tatro

• Bruce

• Robert

• David

• S0l3mn

• LiNuXsys666

• Mark

• The Mentor

• Marc

• Julius

• Andi

• J

• Charles

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Reviews

• Nothing New

Chat

• [Nate]

  • https://www.bigscreenvr.com/ 

  • https://www.redhat.com/en/about/videos/push-rhel-images-to-aws-with-image-builder 

• Another cool shift in the VR world, Big Screen Beyond

• Baldur’s gate 3

• New NMS Expedition

• Some of my content is on redhat.com now!  Pretty neat. 

• [XenoPhage]

  • Loft bed needs a ladder.. So.. uh.. Ladder

• Moar woodworking!

News

• https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158334690/instagram-facebook-meta-verified-zuckerberg 

• https://www.wral.com/the-future-is-here-take-a-look-at-the-first-3d-printed-housing-development-in-nc/20718655/ 

• https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/22/instagrams-co-founders-personalized-news-app-artifact-launches-to-the-public-with-new-features/ 

• https://time.com/6256529/bing-openai-chatgpt-danger-alignment/

 

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Welcome to Episode 132 Main Topic

Our favorite linux commands (or utilities)

• Nate

• Sed and awk, of course

• Nmap

• Tcpdump/wireshark

• Lsblk

• Libvirt

• Unclemarc

  • GUIs and web access are fine, but nothing beats a command line

  • apropos

  • Or –help

• ssh for all the things!

• grep, from whom all goodness flows 

• The performance commands: uptime, vmstat, iostat, top, sar, watch

• Not a command per se, but systemd drop-in files

• And, of course, man

 

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#IT #sysadmin #ironsysadmin #podcsast #sysadminpodcast #linux

Welcome to Episode 132b   Announcements

• Patreon Update

• name_pending197

• Jeremy

• Odin

• Andrew

• Tatro

• Bruce

• Robert

• David

• S0l3mn

• LiNuXsys666

• Mark

• The-Mentor

• Marc

• Julius 

• Andi

• J 

• Charles

• Get your Iron Sysadmin Merch at Teespring! https://teespring.com/stores/ironsysadmin 

• Support the Iron Sysadmin Podcast AND try out Riverside.fm by using this link: https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=ironsysadmin 

• Check us out on Activitypub, search fo @[email protected]

Reviews

Nothing New

Chat

• [unclemarc]

  • https://photos.app.goo.gl/WNVdFFZZYVhbzLTz7

  • Dwarf Fortress

  • Hogwarts Legacy

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/10eokkg/sweet_stadia_controller_to_steam_deck_via/

• New puppy!

• Tech Exchange was fun

• Steam Deck is still baller

• [nate]

  • https://www.vive.com/us/product/vive-xr-elite/overview/ 

  • Pretty neat.  Does video pass-through better than anything else ive seen so far (neat but I'm not sure I dig XR/AR yet)

  • Wireless, but still pcvr-able

  • Convertible, rear mounted battery can be removed for a lighter set, with limited battery, but can be connected to a battery on your belt or something

  • Lightweight, with pancake lenses. 

  • Can even do skeletal tracking for some limited controller-free use.

  • https://video.infosec.exchange/w/1tqJFjRbmN5EgsJcZ7DVC2 

  • https://www.beatsage.com 

  • Some of these levels are great!  Others.. Eh.. i had one that generated nothing but walls, not a single box.. Some have long gaps where there are no boxes. 

  • I also found https://beatmapper.app/ for editing.. Haven't tried it.

• Super curious about the HTC Vive XR Elite

• Tinkering with AI generated beatsaber levels. 

 

News

• https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-available-oracle-cloud-infrastructure 

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/tech/microsoft-ai-bing-experience/index.html

• https://www.ft.com/content/2fe6163b-b4c3-413e-b595-8110e328b42d

• https://gizmodo.com/android-xiamoi-oneplus-phones-personal-info-study-1850082989 

 

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Welcome to Episode 131 Main Topic

• Security in the cloud
• How is it the same
• How is it different
• Cloud security tools?
  • https://docs.prowler.cloud/en/latest/#
• CSPM
• AWS Guardduty
• Microsoft Defender
• Prowler

 

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Welcome to Episode 131b   Announcements

• Patreon Update
  • name_pending197
  • Jeremy
  • Andrew
  • Tatro
  • Bruce
  • Robert
  • David
  • S0l3mn
  • LiNuXsys666
  • Mark
  • The_Mentor
  • Marc
  • Andi
  • J
  • Charles
• American cancer society donation sent!  $436 was our total, I threw in the extra and took it to $500! 
• Current Patrons
• Get your Iron Sysadmin Merch at Teespring! https://teespring.com/stores/ironsysadmin 

Reviews

Nothing New

Chat

• [nate]
  • https://www.amazon.com/Final-Empire-Mistborn-Book-1-audiobook/dp/B001QKBHG4 
• Wife had knee surgery, i now have a part time job as a nursing assistant.
• Tearing apart an engine for fun and prof… er.. Frustration.
• Started reading a new series!  Eric the IT Guy suggested the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.  So far its pretty good. 
• this is hilarious https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/10ldkmb/so_i_found_this_on_the_beach_at_low_tide_feel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 
• [xenophage]
  • https://play.date/
• Building a bed
• Got my Playdate!

News

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/microsoft-cloud-outage-worldwide-trnd/index.html
• https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23559203/google-stadia-controller-bluetooth-support-tool-download
• https://stadia.google.com/controller/ 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/faa-orders-airlines-to-pause-departures-until-9-am-et-after-system-outage.html
•  https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23571659/tech-layoffs-facebook-google-amazon 
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-25/nyse-mayhem-traced-to-a-staffer-who-left-a-backup-system-running

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Welcome to Episode 130a Main Topic

• Interview with Paul
  • https://securityweekly.com
  • https://securityweekly.com/subscribe 
  • How did you get from that, to an infosec podcast? 
• Who is Paul? 
• Podcasting, technology, automation, i mean.. We really rabbit trailed all over the place.  :P 
• The history of security weekly, how it got started, how its evolved over time.
• Background in IT/OPS
• Starting a podcast today

 

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Welcome to Episode 130b Announcements

• Patreon Update
• American Cancer Society Funds are up to $366.84
• name_pending197
• Jeremy
• Arinomi
• Andrew
• Tatro
• Bruce
• Robert
• David
• S0l3mn
• LiNuXsys666
• Mark
• The Mentor
• Marc
• Julius
• Andi
• J
• Charles
• Get your Iron Sysadmin Merch at Teespring! https://teespring.com/stores/ironsysadmin 
• Support the Iron Sysadmin Podcast AND try out Riverside.fm by using this link: https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=ironsysadmin 

Reviews

 

Chat

• Nate
• New Wifi! I’ve joined the Ubiquiti club.
• TSO
• Paul
• Framework laptop
• Manjaro linux
• Podcast automation.
• unclemarc
  • https://mastomarc.ddns.net/@admin
  • I need to test cert renewal. Thanks to my ISP, I can’t use the web (port 80) based method and had to use the DNS text entry to validate. Hopefully renewal just uses 443. (using Let’s Encrypt)
  • I also deactivated my Twitter account once Elon went full anti-vaxx
  • Strike the Earth!
• Did I talk about my tiny Mastodon instance yet?
• Valve released a silly patch for Steamdeck which changed the mount path of the SD card the day after I made changes for shadercache and compdata. Long and short, it’s a damn good thing I know Linux
• So much Dwarf Fortress
• XenoPhage
• Uhh…  Remodeling more?
• Playing High on Life..  What a trip
• Started Cyberpunk 2077 (finally!)

News

• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/us/politics/trump-nft-trading-cards-superhero.html 
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oktas-source-code-stolen-after-github-repositories-hacked/ 
• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/kremlin-backed-hackers-targeted-a-large-petroleum-refinery-in-a-nato-nation/ 
• https://futurism.com/the-byte/roomba-photos-leaked 
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1690/
• https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/
• https://hackernoon.com/psa-lastpass-does-not-encrypt-everything-in-your-vault-8722d69b2032

 

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Welcome to Episode 129a Main Topic

Mastodon, with Jerry! 

• Setup and Background
  • Is he a Llama?
  • Twitter changed hands
  • New owner appears insane
  • People are afraid that their social network of choice is going down the tubes
  • They are looking for a place to go
  • Decentralized, and federated
    • The platform isnt controlled by one party
    • It effectively cannot be taken away.
  • Why is that important?
  • Fediverse? Activitypub? what’s that all about?
  • Open Source
  • Why is _that_ important?
• Who is Jerry?
• A little about Twitter, just for reference
• Why did people like Twitter to begin with?  Why not one of the other social networks? 
• What is Mastodon?
• So What’s it like when your hobby becomes a life raft?
  • What is that?
  • What made you decide to start it up?
  • And what happened in the past few weeks? 
  • How is it hosted? 
  • Cloud? Metal? Vms?
  • How do you afford it??
  • https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange 
• Infosec.exchange
• Links and things
• https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon 
• https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/switch-twitter-mastodon
• https://www.undrground.org/2022/11/13/building-a-mastodon-instance-to-vacate-birdsite-on-rhel-in-podman/ 

 

 

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Welcome to Episode 129b Announcements

• Patreon Update
• American Cancer Society Funds are up to $297.66
• name_pending197
• Jeremy
• Arinomi
• Andrew
• Tatro
• Bruce
• Robert
• David
• S0l3mn
• LiNuXsys666
• Mark
• The Mentor
• Marc
• Julius
• Andi
• J
• Charles
• Get your Iron Sysadmin Merch at Teespring! https://teespring.com/stores/ironsysadmin 
• Support the Iron Sysadmin Podcast AND try out Riverside.fm by using this link: https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=ironsysadmin 
• DC610 Pubcrawl CTF THIS SATURDAY 11/19! https://www.meetup.com/defcon610/events/289292964/ COME OUT!

Reviews

• Nothing New

Chat

• Nate 
  • https://social.undrground.org/@gangrif 
• mastodon instance
• car is broken
• pto coming up
• re:invent 
• Unclemarc - at https://social.undrground.org/@unclemarc
  • Persona 5 has me sucked in
  • New wireless headset
  • Scripts for collecting and grabbing screenshots
  • Battle.net on it
  • IT’S A LINUX BOX, YO!
• Nuked Facebook off my phone right before this
• Steam Deck continues to be a wild ride
• Daughter getting married Saturday after Thanksgiving, so that’s a thing
• XenoPhage (he/him/his) (@[email protected])
• Refactoring the house
• I beat WatchDogs: Legion..  FINALLY…

News

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2022/11/14/musk-fires-twitter-engineer-on-twitter-cowards/ 
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-iranian-hackers-breached-federal-agency-using-log4shell-exploit/ 
• https://venturebeat.com/ai/intel-unveils-real-time-deepfake-detector-claims-96-accuracy-rate/
• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-37-Released 

 

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