My pick of the week is … different. Most Engineers will be aware of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or the EFF, and some of you may even support their efforts. Well, they really need our…
In October of 2004 the National Cyber Security Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched the Cybersecurity Awareness Month as part of an effort to advise citizens and Engineers alike to do things…
It has come to the attention of this podcast that there are now governmental measures to penalize ransomware payouts. According to an article from Krebs on Security, “Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate…
Learning Linux: Advanced Commands
- October 4, 2020
- Tagged as: Advanced Commands, Learning Linux, LearningLinux, Terminal
If you will recall back on the afternoon of Sunday, August 16th, we went over some basic Linux commands. We covered things like print working directory, list, uname, and history, but those weren’t the only…
PotW: Discounted Microsoft Exam Pricing
- October 4, 2020
- Tagged as: Azure, Certifications, microsoft, Pick of the Week, PoTW, Training
Many of our fellow Engineers are still suffering from the effects that COVID-19 has brought on our economy. There are still millions out of work right now and one of the best ways to turn…
Microsoft Fixed WSL2 Bug
- October 4, 2020
- Tagged as: microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Updates, Windows, Windows 10, WSL, WSL2
Our second story is a sad one for many Engineers, but ends on a happy note. The September 8th round of Windows Updates had a nasty bug in it that broke the Windows Subsystem for…
Our first story today comes from a recent report from ArsTechnica that details how AT&T received over $428 million dollars from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund to expand its network in more than…
I want to talk you to Engineers about monitors this week. Now, gamers always say that that it’s games that keep pushing the computer industry forward. But, we Engineers know the real truth: it’s monitors….
My pick this week is not for the faint-hearted Engineer. It is for the bold, curious, reverse-engineering malware kind of Engineer. I have chosen the Malware Bazaar this week. Malware Bazaar is a project from…
Wikipedia has been a great source of open, free information for over two decades now. Over 40 million people contribute edits to the wiki and it garners over 18 billion page views every month. But,…