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who gained root access on my Linux system – an analysis of sudo logs

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who gained root access on my Linux system – CLI 53 – an analysis of sudo logs

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Difficulty Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: basic understanding of linux system usage
basic understanding of sudo usage (see this tutorial: https://youtu.be/9sGOTNtfQzQ)

In this video we are going to be looking at what traces are left behind when the sudo command is run or attempted to be run on a Linux machine.

Video timeline
00:00 intro
01:00 unauthorized user
01:44 sudo log file location
02:26 how to read sudo logs
05:51 reading sudo logs as admin user
08:52 sudo logging of unauthorized users

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