For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

Cron persistence is a common Linux malware technique. Learn how it works, how to detect it, and how to remove malicious cron ...

Security researchers have discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) for Linux that keeps an almost invisible profile by hiding in tasks scheduled for execution on a non-existent day, February 31st.

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

Cron job scheduling is probably your ticket to automating processes on your UNIX boxes. But how are you automating the rest of your environment? Though cron is easy to use, it provides limited options ...