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How to Quickly Give Users sudo Privileges in Linux
How many times have you created a new user on a Linux machine, only to find out that the new user doesn’t have sudo privileges? Without the ability to use sudo, that user is limited in what they can do. This, of course, is by design, because you certainly don’t want every user on your system to have admin privileges.…
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Iranian hackers now exploit Windows flaw to elevate privileges
The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group APT34, aka OilRig, has recently escalated its activities with new campaigns targeting government and critical infrastructure entities in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. In these attacks, spotted by Trend Micro researchers, OilRig deployed a novel backdoor, targeting Microsoft Exchange servers to steal credentials, and also exploited the Windows CVE-2024-30088 flaw to elevate their…
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