Collaborate Disseminate
Meanwhile in DDoS news… Reportage of IPv6 DDoSing via El Reg, (and well-written by Kieren McCarthy) detailing an IPv6-transported DDoS attack – a 1.35Tbps attack on GitHub – that should be baking a lot of noodles out there in the network protection… Continue reading IPv6, The DDoSing
Chances are, one of the first places you may have heard about an air gap computer was on TV. Olivia Pope on “Scandal” knows what air gap technology is. Elliot on “Mr. Robot” knows how to circumvent an air gap to gain access to h… Continue reading What Your Favorite TV Shows Get Right (and Hilariously Wrong) About Air Gap Technology
New graph theory research offers good news for privacy advocates, bad news for the FBI. Continue reading How to Hide Within a Social Network
Enterprise CIOs and CISOs face a constant barrage of challenges, often leaving them little choice but to rely on best-of-breed products to shore up their organization’s cybersecurity posture. In today’s fast-changing threat landscape, however, that can be a dangerous gamble. Whether you’re trying to modernize your IT, lower your operating costs or improve cybersecurity, how you build your network is often the determining factor in whether you succeed or fail. A new CyberScoop Tech Brief, sponsored by Cisco, explores how taking advantage of modern, sensor-aware servers, switches, routers and security devices not only enables a holistic cybersecurity strategy, but also lowers operating costs and improves performance. Realizing the potential modernization and cybersecurity improvements promised by the passage of the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act calls for agencies and commercial enterprises alike to recognize that the key place to start is with the network. Strategically enabling the security features of existing […]
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Researchers imagine a self-sufficient internet of drones. Continue reading Energy Neutral Drone Swarms Can Spy on You Without Taking a Break
Notwitstanding the FCC’s vote in the affirmative (to strike the Net Neutrality rules), interestingly, the Commission is still working on the final document, and has not released the offical decision (at the time of this writing)(which may surprise som… Continue reading Net Neutrality, The Case Against
A new DNS root environ, courtesy of our friends in Russia and the People’s Republic of China – ostensibly arriving in August of 2018. Essentially, both countries will begin managing their own ‘internal’ DNS infrastructure for the majority of their ‘in… Continue reading The New(ish) Interweb
Vol 07 Issue 98 November 2017 In This Issue October Had Some Large Security Incidents Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 5-9 February, 2018 – […]
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Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is demanding to know how America’s largest telecommunications companies plan to stop hackers from exploiting vulnerabilities in an outdated mobile-data transfer framework that remains fundamental to how cellphones function. Wyden sent a series of letters Thursday to the chief executives of AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile to learn about their efforts to mitigate risks associated with weak points in Signaling System No 7, or SS7, a set of protocols that allow for different mobile phone networks to connect to one another. In addition, the Oregon senator sent a letter to the NSA director, Adm. Michael Rogers, requesting information about past attempts by adversaries to hack into SS7 for the purpose of spying on Americans, including military personnel, civilians and companies. The Daily Beast was the first to report on Wyden’s multiple letters. There are well-known security issues with SS7, including reported cases of intelligence agencies exploiting vulnerabilities in […]
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As IP networks continue to grow and become ever more complex, and people become ever more dependent on them staying up all the time, a startup that is building software tools to help administrators keep networks running has landed a round of funding. Forward Networks — a startup that only emerged from stealth last November and has built a platform aimed at service providers and… Read More Continue reading Forward Networks nets $16M to help prevent network outages