2.5 Admins 42: Guru Medication

Fastly’s recent outage, how attackers probably breached the Colonial Pipeline’s network, crypto mining in anti-virus software, and setting up a box at your friend’s house to watch Netflix while abroad.   News Fastly broke the Internet for an hour The 503’s heard around the world Fastly Summary of June 8 outage Colonial Pipeline Chief Says Recovery From Ransomware Hack Not Complete Uncle Sam recovers 63.7 of 75 Bitcoins Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware crew NortonLifeLock Unveils Norton Crypto   Free Consulting We were asked about encrypted off-site backups, and getting around geo-restrictions with a VPN.       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/twoandahalf and get started with $100 credit.   CBT Nuggets This episode is sponsored by CBT Nuggets – training for IT professionals or anyone looking to build IT skills. Go to cbtnuggets.com/25admins and sign up for a 7-day free trial.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.