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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing DNS, domain names and Certificates to improve security postures

The Last Watchdog

In 2019, we’ve seen a surge in domain name service (DNS) hijacking attempts and have relayed warnings from the U.S. Our most recent Domain Name Security report featuring insights from the defense, media, and financial sectors illustrates the risk trends. Security goes beyond the firewall, not just behind it.

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Can Hackers Create Fake Hotspots?

Identity IQ

IdentityIQ We rely on the internet, from communicating with loved ones on social media to working and conducting business. If you can connect to the network without a password, open your web browser and see if you can browse the internet. Can Hackers Create Fake Hotspots? If you can’t, that can indicate that the hotspot is fake.

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Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Security Affairs

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Five considerations for cloud migration, from the House of Representatives CISO

SC Magazine

Companies transitioning to the cloud have to think of cybersecurity as more than firewalls, access controls and incident response, and define goals of security that go beyond confidentiality, integrity and availability, said Randy Vickers, chief information security officer for the U.S. Sean Gallup/Getty Images). Technical review.

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How To Tell If You’ve Been DDoSed: 5 Signs of a DDoS Attack

eSecurity Planet

For example, if you are experiencing a sudden spike in web traffic and your site is slow to load, it could be due to increased legitimate user traffic such as a marketing campaign going viral or a mention on a popular website or social media profile. So how can you be sure that you’ve been DDoSed?

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What are Common Types of Social Engineering Attacks?

eSecurity Planet

Usually this is accomplished either by deploying malware that changes the target computer’s host files, or by using a technique known as DNS cache poisoning. In the latter approach, attackers target the website hosting server and change the DNS table so that users are redirected to a fake website.

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ThousandEyes Pi4 Wireless Deployment at Black Hat USA

Cisco Security

Please note that configuring wireless after booting the Pi will require enabling SSH on the TE agent, along with any requisite firewall rules to reach the Pi over port 22. chmod +x / media/<username>/writeable/etc/rc.local umount /media/<username>/system-boot umount /media/<username>/writable Type ‘:’ then ‘wq!’