Cloudflare DNS Goes Down Taking A Big Chunk of the Internet Down Good news and bad news. For companies like Shopify, League of Legends and Politico, among many others, Friday afternoon gave you a headache. You outsourced your DNS to Cloudflare and they had a burp. The good news is that because they are Cloudflare […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well that is not a comforting thought. Cybernews is reporting that using an Internet of Things search engine (like Shodan, but they don’t say which), they were able to scan big swaths of the Internet. In their case they were looking for exposed IoT systems. Not just any IoT, but critical infrastructure IoT. Here is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]So you thought only companies like Microsoft and Google had terms of service. Apparently that is not the case. I keep talking about the horror that ransomware 2.0 is with hackers stealing the data before they encrypt it and threatening to publish the data if you don’t pay. That means backups alone are not sufficient […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is an interesting story and interesting warning. The good news is that it is manageable and the exposure is low, but as the Internet of Things continues its march to take over the world, the problem is only going to get worse. Here is today’s story. A guy in the UK woke up one […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am not saying that Internet providers are evil. They just may not be as concerned about your security and privacy as you are. I have often said that your ISP provides you with the modem/router that they can buy for $12.95. While this is a bit of hyperbole, it is, none the less, all […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Digicert to Incinerate 50,000 Certificates this Weekend Due to a process failure, Digicert is going to invalidate about 50,000 SSL (TLS) certificates this weekend. This is happening with only 5 days notice. If Digicert is your certificate provider, make sure that your certificate is not one that is going into the bonfire. Credit: The Register […]
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