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Facebook Is Down

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Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. Basically, someone deleted their BGP records, which made their DNS fall apart.

…at approximately 11:39 a.m. ET today (15:39 UTC), someone at Facebook caused an update to be made to the company’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) records. BGP is a mechanism by which Internet service providers of the world share information about which providers are responsible for routing Internet traffic to which specific groups of Internet addresses.

In simpler terms, sometime this morning Facebook took away the map telling the world’s computers how to find its various online properties. As a result, when one types Facebook.com into a web browser, the browser has no idea where to find Facebook.com, and so returns an error page…

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Indictment, Lawsuits Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story

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In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the world’s most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions. Those publications set off speculation about a possible secret back-channel of communications, as well as a series of lawsuits and investigations that culminated last week with the indictment of the same former federal cybercrime prosecutor who brought the data to the attention of the FBI five years ago. Continue reading Indictment, Lawsuits Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story→

Protecting IoT devices requires a DNS-based solution

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IoT devices are fast becoming an everyday part of our lives. Whether it be in the role they play in manufacturing and industry or powering the appliances in our own homes, it’s clear that IoT devices provide new and efficient ways of working and … Continue reading Protecting IoT devices requires a DNS-based solution→

Is there any need to configure DNS settings at device level when they can be easily altered at the router level? Will it increse any privacy/security?

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I mean, for example, if you have configured your home router to Cloudflare’s or Google’s DNS settings – now, does it make any sense to alter you DNS settings -again- at the your Laptop or Mobile devices or use any WARP App?
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What are the benefits of using a Cloudflare’s DNS (not WARP) instead of ISP’s DNS? [duplicate]

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What advantages users get, specifically, from ‘PRIVACY’ point-of-view?
Can ISP still see and log browsing history? Can user’s location be still traceable?
What’s the ultimate security & privacy level one can achieve by using Cloudflare… Continue reading What are the benefits of using a Cloudflare’s DNS (not WARP) instead of ISP’s DNS? [duplicate]→