While 3G and 4G cell tech have their own well known security issues, so does 5G, including the recently announced 5G network slicing security issues (see here). But this is probably not the big concern for 5G security. The hype around 5G is that we can use it for everything and anything. And we probably […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]That is a great name and it well describes what we are dealing with. The Solarwinds attack worked because it took advantage of a supply chain that no one understands; not even the people within it. Think back to Equifax. That happened because they did not understand a piece of software, which was vulnerable, was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The fallout from the data center fire at OVH in Strasboug, France continues. OVH, the third largest cloud provider in the world, lost one of 4 data centers in their complex in Strasboug last week. One other data center in the complex was seriously damaged and two more were shut down due to water being […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After SolarWinds and after the Microsoft Exchange attacks, the feds have begun to outline their plans to improve cybersecurity. While there are no silver bullets in this business, it is a nice change to see the feds actively working to improve things. The way the feds have worked things in the past is to use […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OVHCloud is a French data center operator providing cloud services, dedicated server and managed bare metal computing. Unfortunately, early Wednesday morning they suffered a fire in their Strasbourg, France data center. The data center complex consisted of four buildings. This is what one of them looks like now. OVHCloud is the largest European cloud service […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Starting from the beginning. DNS is the service that converts the web site address that you type in your browser like WWW.CNN.COM into the numbers, like 2a04:4e42:200::323:, that the Internet needs in order to connect you to that web site. DNS was invented because they didn’t think the web would be really popular if you […]
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