Continuing with his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen introduces you to the basics of task scheduling with cron.

If you're looking to automate tasks in Linux, cron is the tool to use. Find out how it's done here.

These jobs are stored in a crontab file, which contains the action to be taken and specifies when it should be executed. I will be using Ubuntu 18.04 for this article, which has cron installed by ...

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A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed.

CronRAT has problems with the Linux task scheduling system cron, which allows scheduling tasks to be performed on non-existent calendar days such as February 31.

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.

Though cron is easy to use, it provides limited options for event-driven and enterprise-wide job scheduling. Because today's enterprises are larger and more interconnected than ever before, crontab ...