How to use sftp to retrieve files from a remote Linux server securely.

The sftp utility for Linux allows copying files from a remote Linux machine, or sending them to one, this makes working with a machine over SSH very easy. Firstly, connect to the machine like this. deusexmachina:~ jason$ sftp [email protected] [email protected]’s password: Connected to 192.168.1.4.deusexmachina:~ jason$ sftp [email protected] [email protected]’s password: Connected to 192.168.1.4. Then issue the … Read more

ASUS and Linksys router vulnerabilities leaving computer users exposed.

The many vulnerabilities uncovered that allow malicious read-write access to hard drives connected to ASUS routers continues to be a dangerous thing that needs to be addressed. There is a patch for ASUS routers that patches this vulnerability; but it is up to the users to install this patch. This is far too easy to … Read more