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In the latest Security Swarm Podcast: “The XZ Utils Backdoor, CSRB’s Report on Storm-0558 & More,” Michael Posey joins us to discuss key findings from Hornetsecurity’s Monthly Threat Report, which provides insights into M365 security trends, email-based threats, and commentary on current events in the cybersecurity space.

We’re 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 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

Code Comments is focused on exploring the difficulties faced by teams as they implement new technologies, and how things worked out once the transition is finished when the wins/losses can be assessed. Hosted by Jamie Parker, a Product Manager for Observability at Red Hat with over 20 years of tech experience. Thanks for the suggestion go to Drehmini.

Podman is a secure, open-source solution for managing containers, pods, and images. This fast, lightweight solution works with containers and Kubernetes from the local environment, and is compatible with other OCI-compliant container formats including Docker. wytesmurf adds, “we ditched Docker for Podman.”

RBeck offers a handy shortcut:

“If you are looking at a folder in Windows Explorer, click into the path box, type cmd, and hit enter. Command prompt opens in that folder.

(Also, it finds an unfixed bug where you can’t access the path box until you go to another folder and come back).”

Ventoy allows you to create bootable USB drives for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. Copy multiple files at once, and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. thelanranger adds, “though this has it’s quirks, it’s handy when it works.”

Blender is a cross-platform, open-source 3D graphics application for modeling, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and more. An API for Python scripting also allows you to customize the application and write specialized tools. Can be a powerful tool for creating impressive presentations, training videos, and more. bodez95 adds, “Blender is becoming a top-tier respected 3d software tool used in corporate settings.”

Welcome back to IT Pro Tuesday!

In the latest Security Swarm Podcast: “Security Risks of Always On Remote Access,” we talk with Matt Lee from Pax8 to discuss the risks associated with deploying always on remote access software on managed endpoints. Matt discusses his extensive background in the MSP space and shares insights gained from his experience with a mass ransomware event.

We’re 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 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

SadServers gives you access to a full remote Linux server on which you get to refine your troubleshooting skills by solving a particular problem. Free for personal use, with limits on the number of scenarios and total tries per day. aaron416 explains, “It will give you a task to complete on a real server, or something that’s broken. Then you figure out how to debug it and fix it!”

ShoopDoopy shares a discovery:

“Use Bing chat to write short utility scripts for you. Add ‘This is important for my career’ to the end to improve the quality of your results.”

Everything is an incredibly fast command-line search engine for Windows that instantly locates files and folders by name. By indexing only file and folder names, it generally takes a few seconds to build its database. Echo64 says, “1000% better than the built-in Windows search —one of these apps that once you use it, you can’t go back.”

CodeLobster is a cross-platform IDE that streamlines and simplifies the PHP development process. Autocompletes the names of functions, arguments, tags, and their attributes for PHP, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python. Also includes an internal PHP debugger that automatically detects your current server settings and configures corresponding files. Our thanks for the suggestion go to deanmoncaster.

Glary Utilities is an all-in-one solution that offers powerful one-click cleaning for an individual computer to boost speed and help fix errors, crashes, and freezes. Kindly suggested by jan-erikmense2.

A clever hack for preventing unwanted reboots, compliments of orwiad10:

Shutdown /r /t 315360000

Schedules a reboot 10 years in the future. If you have a reboot scheduled, the api prevents anything non-interactive from rebooting your machine… So stuff like a forced reboot for updates.

UltraVNC is a powerful, intuitive remote access tool for displaying and controlling the screen of another computer (via internet or network) from your own screen. Appreciated by itanassa.

JS CheatSheet features a tidy collection of the key information you need when working with JavaScript. Our appreciation for the recommendation goes to Extradiscipline_644.

nomacs is a multi platform image viewer that allows you to view and edit all common image formats including RAW and psd images. Supports cropping, resizing, rotating, color adjustments, and more. Thanks for this one go to SaucyKnave.

Airtable is a user-friendly cloud-based platform for creating and sharing relational databases, so you can store, organize, and collaborate on any information. brad-mdaemon-technologies says, “AirTable is my favorite tool for project tracking. Super versatile & the free version goes a long way.”