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Hardening an Operating System

There is so much to go over regarding hardening an operating system and overall making a secure/stable network for your business or as an individual. For this topic I am going to avoid specific operating systems and primarily talk about a more generalized

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Cybersecurity

Two Attacks That Can Affect a Linux Install or Network

Regarding different attacks that can affect a Linux install or network there are many different types of attacks that I could go over, however one attack that is becoming evermore common is Cryptojacking. According to malwarebytes.com, "Cryptojacking (also called malicious cryptomining) is an

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Information Technology

ISO/IEC Standards

What is the ISO/IEC standard? Regarding the ISO/IEC standards their is much to discuss. First and foremost, the International Organization of Standards (ISO) and the International Electronics Commission (IEC) are IT standards/certifications with the intention of verifying an individuals knowledge regarding

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Networking

IPv4 and IPv6

When asked to question to “explain the various methods that allow IPv4 and IPv6 networks to interact” I would first like to explain the Internet Protocols responsibilities. The Internet Protocol is overall responsible for the transmission of network packets. It preforms this responsibility according

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Networking

TCP/IP

According to Britannica.com, “TCP/IP, in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances.”. TCP/IP was invented/developed in the 1970s by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, two DARPA scientists. Some

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Cybersecurity

SolarWinds Cyberattack

SolarWinds is a software company primarily focused on system and network management software for companies/organizations. Primarily the software that was involved in this incident was SolarWinds Orion Platform. According to solarwinds.com, "The SolarWinds® Orion® Platform is a powerful, scalable infrastructure monitoring and

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Networking

MAC Filtering

How do you identify the MAC address on a system? There are multiple ways to identify the MAC address on a system. First and foremost, it depends on the system, primarily the system's OS (Operating System). In my case, I am running Windows 10