web01.fireside.fm Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:07:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) TechSNAP - Episodes Tagged with “Samsam” https://techsnap.systems/tags/samsam Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:30:00 -0700 Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems. en-us episodic Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Jupiter Broadcasting Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems. no Jupiter Broadcasting chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com Episode 377: Linux Under Pressure https://techsnap.systems/377 01754d0c-6956-4f6e-a545-e7ec9f178bb5 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:30:00 -0700 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting Some new tools will give you better insights into your system under extreme load, and we flash back to the days of AOL and discuss the new way social hackers are spreading malware. 29:15 no Some new tools will give you better insights into your system under extreme load, and we flash back to the days of AOL and discuss the new way social hackers are spreading malware. Plus the death of a TLD, the return of SamSam, and more! PSI, oomd, Facebook, out-of-memory, oom, SamSam, Ransomeware, Malware, cryptoware, Open source Jobs, Sysadmin Podcast, TechSNAP Some new tools will give you better insights into your system under extreme load, and we flash back to the days of AOL and discuss the new way social hackers are spreading malware.

Plus the death of a TLD, the return of SamSam, and more!

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  • psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO v2 — PSI aggregates and reports the overall wallclock time in which the tasks in a system (or cgroup) wait for contended hardware resources.
  • Chinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mail — The trick is simple: a package arrives with a Chinese postmark containing a rambling message and a small CD. The CD, in turn, contains a set of Word files that include script-based malware. These scripts run when the victims access them on their computers, presumably resulting in compromised systems.
  • The death of a TLD
  • SamSam: The (almost) $6 million ransomware — Through original analysis, interviews and research, and by collaborating closely with industry partners and a specialist cryptocurrency monitoring organisation, Sophos has uncovered new details about how the secretive and sophisticated SamSam ransomware is used, who’s been targeted, how it works and how it’s evolving.
  • Open sourcing oomd, a new approach to handling OOMs — As our infrastructure has scaled, we’ve found that an increasing fraction of our machines and networks span multiple generations. One side effect of this multigenerational production environment is that a new software release or configuration change might result in a system running healthily on one machine but experiencing an out-of-memory (OOM) issue on another.
  • Tyler's recent job story
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Plus the death of a TLD, the return of SamSam, and more!

Sponsored By:

Links:

  • psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO v2 — PSI aggregates and reports the overall wallclock time in which the tasks in a system (or cgroup) wait for contended hardware resources.
  • Chinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mail — The trick is simple: a package arrives with a Chinese postmark containing a rambling message and a small CD. The CD, in turn, contains a set of Word files that include script-based malware. These scripts run when the victims access them on their computers, presumably resulting in compromised systems.
  • The death of a TLD
  • SamSam: The (almost) $6 million ransomware — Through original analysis, interviews and research, and by collaborating closely with industry partners and a specialist cryptocurrency monitoring organisation, Sophos has uncovered new details about how the secretive and sophisticated SamSam ransomware is used, who’s been targeted, how it works and how it’s evolving.
  • Open sourcing oomd, a new approach to handling OOMs — As our infrastructure has scaled, we’ve found that an increasing fraction of our machines and networks span multiple generations. One side effect of this multigenerational production environment is that a new software release or configuration change might result in a system running healthily on one machine but experiencing an out-of-memory (OOM) issue on another.
  • Tyler's recent job story
]]> Episode 352: Stop Using apt-get https://techsnap.systems/352 a35e6ff5-f699-4f4a-b6dd-3f01fff2a445 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 21:00:00 -0800 Jupiter Broadcasting full Jupiter Broadcasting And start using configuration management. Embrace reproducibility of systems, and streamlined management with TechSNAP’s introduction to Configuration Management. 36:40 no And start using configuration management. Embrace reproducibility of systems, and streamlined management with TechSNAP’s introduction to Configuration Management. Plus the news of the week that could impact your systems, feedback, and more. And start using configuration management. Embrace reproducibility of systems, and streamlined management with TechSNAP’s introduction to Configuration Management.

Plus the news of the week that could impact your systems, feedback, and more.

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Plus the news of the week that could impact your systems, feedback, and more.

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