Extortion demands grow as cybercriminals target new online industries

There was a 154 percent increase in the number of attacks between 2019 and 2020, with growth in ransom-related DDoS (RDDoS) attacks and a rise in use of existing attack vectors, including web applications, a Neustar report reveals. The report also prov… Continue reading Extortion demands grow as cybercriminals target new online industries

Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 3: Investment and Innovation

This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai’s authoritative DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. Part 1 focused on Akamai’s DNS platform and what sets it apart. Part 2… Continue reading Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 3: Investment and Innovation

Twenty-three SUNBURST Targets Identified

Remember when Igor Kuznetsov and Costin Raiu announced that two of the victims in FireEye’s SUNBURST IOC list were ***net.***.com and central.***.gov on Kaspersky’s Securelist blog in December? Reuters later reported that these victims were Cox Communi… Continue reading Twenty-three SUNBURST Targets Identified

Dnsmasq vulnerabilities open networking devices, Linux distros to DNS cache poisoning

Seven vulnerabilities affecting Dnsmasq, a caching DNS and DHCP server used in a variety of networking devices and Linux distributions, could be leveraged to mount DNS cache poisoning attack and/or to compromise vulnerable devices. “Some of the b… Continue reading Dnsmasq vulnerabilities open networking devices, Linux distros to DNS cache poisoning

Should I redirect http request to https from my system’s application or from DNS or other?

I want to create a web server that does redirects HTTP to HTTPS. What is the simplest method to do this but also secure? Should the DNS handle this? (For example, Route53)
I used to do this with my app built from Node/Express but now that … Continue reading Should I redirect http request to https from my system’s application or from DNS or other?

Is it possible to setup a really independent internet service? [closed]

With the recent news in mind where plenty of people and organisations have been "deplatformed", not just Donald Trump and Parler, but even less controversial sources like Ron Paul (although in his case Facebook claim it was a &qu… Continue reading Is it possible to setup a really independent internet service? [closed]