Category: hardening
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10 Essential Linux Security Hardening Steps: AppArmor Edition
🔐 Introduction Securing Linux servers isn’t just about keeping software patched—it’s about controlling how applications behave when attackers inevitably find a foothold. AppArmor provides Mandatory Access Control (MAC) that locks down services with precise rules, ensuring they can only access the files, network, and resources they truly need for a job role or task. In…
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💯Keeping Your System Updated
Or, “Package Management in Practice for Debian/Ubuntu” Keeping a Debian/Ubuntu system current isn’t glamourous—but it can make the difference between a stable, secure box and one you can’t trust. Here’s a tight, practical workflow with commands you’ll actually use. 👍Quick update workflow (daily/weekly) 🤔When Should I Reboot? 🛠️Understand the Knobs that Matter TIP: Run upgrade…
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🔐 41 Practical Ways to Reduce Your Personal Cybersecurity Risk
Cybersecurity isn’t about achieving perfection, it’s about minimizing the attack surface, which translates into reducing risk. Every step you take from this list makes it harder for bad actors to succeed. You don’t have to do all 41 things overnight. Even if you can implement 5–10 of these items, you will dramatically boost your personal…