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.

I want to walk you through the basics of setting up rysnc to do what it was intended to do–back up a local directory to a remote host. The setup is simple and effective.

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