today's howtos
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Linux File System Monitoring & Actions
There can be multiple reasons to keep an eye on a critical/suspicious file or directory. For example, you could track an attacker and wait for some access to the captured credentials in a phishing kit installed on a compromised server. You could deploy an EDR solution or an OSSEC agent that implements an FIM (‘File Integrity Monitoring”)[1]. Upon a file change, an action can be triggered. Nice, but what if you would like a quick solution but agentless? (In the scope of an incident, for example)
There is a well-known suite of API calls on Linux that track filesystem changes: inotify[2]. Around the API, a set of tools are available, like “inotifywatch” that generates an event when a file is “accessed”:
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How to Rsync files from Android to Linux
Rsync is a powerful tool that Linux users often use to synchronize files and folders from one directory to another or, from one computer to another. Did you know you can use this powerful tool to sync files from your Android device to your Linux device? Here’s how to Rsync files from Android to Linux.
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How to add Send Later functionality to Thunderbird email | ZDNET
I have, on occasion, needed to compose an email and send it at a more apropos time.
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However, if I'm using Thunderbird, that option isn't built into the app.
Since Thunderbird is the email client I use the most, having that functionality is pretty important.
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How to disable the “Block dangerous and deceptive content” Firefox feature
Firefox is the best web browser out there (my opinion). However, it has sometimes a bit of annoying behaviors. Today, you will learn how to disable the “Block dangerous and deceptive content” Firefox feature.
Let’s see, when surfing the Internet, it is common to download files that even if you know they are from trusted sources, the system, or the browser, detects that they are vulnerable.
An example of this is the DEB or RPM packages that you find on the Internet. These packages contain binaries of applications that the system could consider as a threat. But what if we are confident that they are not threats?
Well, Firefox does not know it, and it will “protect” you prohibiting the download, if you know that it is not threat, then it will be very annoying the situation. In this case, the best thing to do is to disable, even temporarily, this feature.