ADMIN Update – Hottest Links

• Developing Nmap Scripts
• Yahoo Lays Off 15% of Its Workforce
• Bad Trojan Threatens Two Thirds of All Android Devices
• Security's Weakest Link is People
• Google Apps at Work

Nmap does a great job with standard penetration testing tasks, but for specific security analyses, you will want to develop your own test scripts. The Nmap Scripting Engine makes this possible. (more)

Internet giant axes international offices after $4.4 billion loss (more)

Ransomware forces victims to pay a “fine” (more)

We show how to set up Google Apps for Work and how to configure them for company use. (more)

Privilege escalation issue could affect millions of Linux systems (more)

OpenQRM is a web-based, open source, data center management and cloud platform that offers many popular Linux tools with no major configuration overhead. We show you how to use it. (more)

Configuration management solutions like Puppet, Chef, and Ansible offer big time savings and help you keep your systems organized.

Download a free ADMIN special edition on “Configuration Management Tools.” 

Further Reading

• Understanding DevOps
• New Attack Sucks Information from HTTPS
• Configuration Management Tools
• Push Notifications from the Command Line to Android
• Choosing a Security Monitoring Solution

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