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Why printf is superior to echo in Linux scripts

The printf command offers well-defined behavior following the POSIX standard, which means it works the same way across shells ...

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...
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Linux tools pipe behavior: Is it a bug or feature?

If you have any experience with the Linux command line, you’ve probably used a pipe to solve tasks by combining simple ...
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React2Shell Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Deploy Linux Backdoors

React2Shell vulnerability CVE-2025-55182 is actively exploited to deploy Linux malware, run commands, and steal cloud ...
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This is a bash script to backup Linux Plex Media Server settings and database, and log the results.

It also saves a log in the same location as the backup file, including: Logging the start and end time plus how long the backup took. Logging every file that was ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows PowerShell now warns when running Invoke-WebRequest scripts

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...
GitHub

Helpers for Bash like shell scripting in JavaScript

jsh, pronounced "j shell", is a small JavaScript library (~20KB and no dependencies!) that provides helper aliases and functions that are similar to Bash syntax, allowing you to write shell scripts in ...