Faruk articles - 95 total
Why I Use Cold Backups Instead of Relying Only on Snapshots | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why I Don’t Trust Default Firewall Rules on Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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The Linux Log Hackers Hope You Never Check | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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I Asked My Linux Server to Predict My Death. The Result Froze Me | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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The Hidden Danger of Old Users: Why I Regularly Audit /etc/passwd on My Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | nextgenthreat
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Why I Always Use chattr to Protect Critical Linux Files | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why I Always Restrict Cron Jobs on Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why I Always Disable Unused Services on Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why I Always Set a Login Banner on Linux Servers (and What I Put in It) | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why I Always Disable Unused Linux Services After Installation | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025
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Why AI-Powered Attacks Make Linux Hardening More Urgent Than Ever | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025 | AWS in Plain English
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Why I Never Allow Root SSH Logins on My Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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Why I Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for SSH on Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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Why I Always Set Up File Integrity Monitoring on Linux Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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The First 24 Hours After a Linux Breach — My Incident Response Playbook | by Faruk Ahmed | nextgenthreat | Aug, 2025
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Why I Never Trust Default Linux User Accounts (And Neither Should You) | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025 | AWS in Plain English
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Why I Use Read-Only Partitions on My Linux Servers (And You Should Too) | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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The Hidden Risks of SSH Agent Forwarding (And How I Avoid Them) | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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Why I Run Multiple SSH Keys Instead of Just One | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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What I Do the Moment I Suspect My Ubuntu Server Has Been Compromised | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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The One Linux Security Habit That Exposes You — And How I Fixed It | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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Immutable Infrastructure on Linux: Why I Don’t Modify Servers After Deployment | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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How I Hunt for Silent Rootkits on Linux (Before They Hunt Me) | by Faruk Ahmed | Aug, 2025
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Why I No Longer Trust “Secure by Default” in Linux Server Installs | by Faruk Ahmed | Jul, 2025
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Why You Should Never Trust Default Configurations on a Fresh Linux Install | by Faruk Ahmed | Jul, 2025
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The Ultimate Fusion: Linux, Ubuntu, and Cybersecurity | by Faruk Ahmed | Jun, 2025
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The Linux Service That Almost Let Attackers Slip In (And How I Found It Just in Time) | by Faruk Ahmed | Jun, 2025
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How I Use aide to Detect Unauthorized Changes on My Linux and Ubuntu Servers | by Faruk Ahmed | Jul, 2025
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How I Harden My Linux Server in 30 Minutes After Every Fresh Install (Ubuntu & Red Hat) | by Faruk Ahmed | Jul, 2025
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How I Found a Hidden Reverse Shell Running as www-data (And What I Did About It) | by Faruk Ahmed | Jul, 2025
Member-only story How I Found a Hidden Reverse Shell Running as www-data (And What I Did...