“An employee-from-hell has been jailed after he got fired (after a measly four weeks), ripped off a former colleague’s login, steamrolled through his former employer’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, and torched 23 servers.”
Microsoft changes how Windows 10 disconnects USB storage devices
“Microsoft plans to modify the way Windows 10 handles the operation of disconnecting a USB or Thunderbolt storage device. This includes USB thumb drives, external hard drives, flash drives, and even USB data transfer connections established between PCs and smartphones.”
Cloudflare Adds Free VPN Service to its 1.1.1.1 DNS App
“Cloudflare, one of the most popular companies that provide Content Delivery Network (CDN), DDoS Mitigation, SSL, etc has now announced a free VPN service called Warp for mobile devices. Earlier, last year, the company had released a free Domain Name System (DNS) with an IP Address of 1.1.1.1.”
Microsoft Radically Changes Windows 10 Upgrades
“Windows 10 has a serious upgrade problem which is getting worse. But now Microsoft has taken decisive action in the most welcome and unexpected of ways…”
Okta leverages machine learning with new risk-based authentication solution
“At this year’s Oktane19 attended by ITProPortal, Okta announced new risk-based authentication that can deliver greater security, ease of use and automated detection and response to identity-based attacks by leveraging machine learning.”
Patch now! Magento e-commerce sites targeted by SQLi attacks
“Cybercriminals are reportedly exploiting a critical flaw in the Magento e-commerce platform only days after it was made public by the researchers who discovered it. Scoring a 9.”
Gmail, Netflix and PayPal Users Targeted In DNS Hijacking Campaign
“On Friday (5 April), it emerged that home routers such as those manufactured by D-Link were being targeted by DNS hijacking. Security researchers at Bad Packets identified three waves which took place between December last year and the end of March this year, detailed in a blog.”
Gmail, Netflix and PayPal Users Targeted In DNS Hijacking Campaign
“On Friday (5 April), it emerged that home routers such as those manufactured by D-Link were being targeted by DNS hijacking. Security researchers at Bad Packets identified three waves which took place between December last year and the end of March this year, detailed in a blog.”
Ongoing DNS hijacking campaign targeting consumer routers
“Over the last three months, our honeypots have detected DNS hijacking attacks targeting various types of consumer routers. All exploit attempts have originated from hosts on the network of Google Cloud Platform (AS15169).”
Cloudflare Adds a Free VPN to its 1.1.1.1 App
“April 1 is usually a day for terrible jokes masquerading as the truth, but Cloudflare says its latest announcement is the real deal. The company has fittingly chosen this hallowed day to announce that its 1.1.1.1 DNS service is getting a new feature: a free VPN. Again, it says this is not a joke.”
