IT Pro Tuesday #324
Welcome back to IT Pro Tuesday!
In the latest Security Swarm Podcast: “CrowdStrike Saga Continues, CUPS Vulnerability and More,” we discuss the latest quarterly threat report from Hornetsecurity, including a breakdown of email threats, most common malicious file types, targeted industry verticals, and brand impersonations. You’ll also hear about Microsoft’s efforts to address the aftermath of the CrowdStrike incident and a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux CUPS system.
We’re looking for favorite tips and tools we can share with the community… those that help you do your job better and more easily. Please share your suggestions on the IT Pro Tuesday subreddit, and we’ll be featuring them in the coming weeks.
Now on to this week’s list!
A Free Tool
Global Traceroute enables quick and easy traceroutes, pings, and DNS lookups from most major ISPs. Leverages the RIPE Atlas infrastructure to provide the inbound-path information needed when troubleshooting Internet routing problems. Kindly suggested by rmfd.
A Cheatsheet
Nmap Cheatsheet is a comprehensive overview for Nmap and Nessus. Covers usage options for Nmap, scanning command syntax, port specification options, host discovery, scanning types and options, version detection, firewall proofing, output formats and timing options, Nmap scripts NSE, 172.16.1.1 specification and commands. Appreciation for this one goes to TruthSeekerWW.
Training resource
HowtoForge offers a free library containing thousands of user-friendly Linux tutorials, a forum where you can discuss Linux-related problems, and organized resources on Linux commands. A favorite of sassanix.
another free tool
Draw.io is a free, browser-based diagramming application that’s terrific for creating flowcharts and org charts. It’s available as an online application with optional integration to various cloud storage options.
one more free tool
PuTTY is an open-source SSH and telnet client. While it was originally developed for the Windows platform, the software is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers.
P.S. Bonus Free Tools
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool that makes it easy to compare files, directories and version-controlled projects so you can review code changes and understand patches and merges. Offers two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, with support for popular version-control systems. Our appreciation for this one goes to Forgery.
Expect helps make it fast and easy to automate interactive applications—like telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, and tip—including many tasks that prove to be too difficult with other tools. Recommended by psychotrackz, who has been using it for years and finds it to be “a godsend.”
