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DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination

Malwarebytes

Firefox recently announced that it will be rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH) soon to one percent of its Canadian users as part of its partnership with CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority), the Ontario-based organization responsible for managing the.ca The DNS resolver the request is sent to also sees the DNS request, too.

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Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine

Krebs on Security

John Todd is general manager of Quad9 , a free “anycast” DNS platform. DNS stands for Domain Name System, which is like a globally distributed phone book for the Internet that maps human-friendly website names (example.com) to numeric Internet addresses (8.8.4.4.) that are easier for computers to manage.

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Getting Started with Rapid7 InsightIDR: A SIEM Tutorial

eSecurity Planet

Once you are ready to install the collector role, first log into the InsightIDR portal : From the menu on the left side of the screen, click Data Collection. Once the collector installation is complete, head back to the InsightIDR portal, and from the menu on the left side of the screen, click Data Collection again.

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BOFHound: Session Integration

Security Boulevard

One of the biggest pitfalls of BOFHound’s prior usage strategies was the total absence of user session and local group membership data. If the BOF is used to query logged on users on localhost, the fully qualified computer DNS name from GetComputerNameExW is used. If that fails, the DNS suffix (e.g.,

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Google Chronicle announced Backstory to protect businesses

Security Affairs

” Backstory analyzes log data, including DNS traffic, NetFlow, endpoint logs, proxy logs and elaborates this huge trove of information into meaningful, and quickly searchable manner. Companies could use this data to quickly detect malicious activities. VirusTotal, Avast, Proofpoint and Carbon Black).

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Quad9 to move offices to Switzerland, invites other privacy-focused firms to follow

SC Magazine

.” Quad9 is a non-profit offering a free recursive DNS service that does not log user data. and Google Public DNS. The company received a finding of law from the Swiss government that it will not be treated as a telecommunications provider, exempting it from laws that would mandate data collection.

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Review: Can We Trust the Waterfox Browser? (Updated 2023)

Security Boulevard

PROS Light on System Resources ( ) Compatible with most Firefox Extensions ( ) "No telemetry" and "Limited Data Collection" ( this could change, given the first con below) CONS Bought by analytics/adverising company, System1, which is the same company that bought search engine StartPage. Nothing’s changed there.