For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

Cron, the traditional Unix job scheduler, has been a cornerstone for automating tasks in Linux systems. However, its limitations, such as the requirement for the system to be constantly running, have ...

Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that keeps an almost invisible profile by hiding in tasks scheduled for execution on a non-existent day, February 31st.

Sucuriは2月21日(米国時間)、「Attackers Abuse Cron Jobs to Reinfect Websites」において、サイバー攻撃者がcronを悪用してマルウェアの再感染やWebシェルの永続化を行っていると伝えた。サイバー犯罪者がcronを悪用することは今に始まったことではないが、最近この手法 ...

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed. The ...

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How to Know When You've Outgrown Cron Scheduling--and What to Do Next If you've spent any time around UNIX, you've no doubt learned to use and appreciate cron, the ...

been looking all over for a way to get pg_dump to play nice as a cron job. I've got it to work manually with the command:<BR><BR>pg_dump -u mydb > mydb.sql<BR><BR>With the above command, I'm prompted ...

Many organizations struggle balancing budget constraints with managing essential resources and server maintenance. One option for minimizing waste and cutting costs is AWS Lambda. By optimizing cloud ...