IT Pro Tuesday #278
Welcome back to IT Pro Tuesday!
In the latest episode of the Security Swarm Podcast: “Monthly Threat Report – November 2023” we bring you monthly insights into M365 security trends, email-based threats, and commentary on current events in the cybersecurity space. This edition focuses on data from October.
We’re also looking for your favorite tips and tools we can share with the community… those that help you do your job better and more easily. Please reply or leave a comment with your suggestions, and we’ll be featuring them in the coming weeks.
A Free Tool
Trippy is a utilitarian networking tool that seamlessly merges traceroute and ping functionalities, crafted for in-depth analysis of networking glitches. A contemporary, cross-platform solution built in Rust, it serves as a sophisticated alternative to tools like mtr, boasting advanced features and an elegant Text User Interface. Kindly suggested by doglar_666.
Another Free Tool
World Time Buddy is a versatile online world clock, time zone converter, and meeting scheduler, designed for individuals navigating different global time zones. Its user-friendly interface allows efficient planning of international calls, webinars, and business meetings. Main-ITops77 says, “World Time Buddy is my favorite, very easy to see different time zones at a quick glance.”
A Tutorial
How to build your wireless network for iOS/MacOS is a post that walks through the relevant details from Apple’s support documents that explain exactly how to build a wireless network for iOS/Mac OS to provide wireless roaming for enterprise customers.
One More Free Tool
Duff is a command-line utility that finds duplicate files, with a focus on speed. lilolalu explains, “reports clusters of duplicates in the specified files and/or directories. In the default mode, duff prints a customizable header, followed by the names of all the files in the cluster. In excess mode, duff does not print a header, but instead for each cluster prints the names of all but the first of the files it includes.”
P.S. Bonus Free Tools
PDF-Xchange is a versatile PDF editor and viewer that allows you to easily create, view, edit, annotate, perform OCR, digitally sign, and explore a range of features for efficient PDF management.
NuShell is a cross-platform shell that merges the Unix philosophy of connecting simple commands through pipes with the modern style of development. doglar_666 adds, “I also make occasional use of nushell for its native functionality for displaying CSV, YAML and JSON in terminal and there’s a DNS plugin which is a handy addition to usual nslookup/dig combo. It’s cross-platform, so useable on Linux, Windows and macOS.”