GRC | ShieldsUP! — Internet Vulnerability Profiling
Steve Gibson’s site has been around since the early days of the internet. It contains a very comprehensive description of what should be blocked as well as tools to probe to ensure stuff is blocked....
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Research: Millions of smart devices vulnerable to hacking
BOSTON (AP) — Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices — flaws that could be exploited by hackers to...
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Path Diversity & Automatic Ring-Protection for LeverettNet
LeverettNet now has 2 middle-mile uplinks, with automatic fail-over protection from the primary path (Crown Castle) to the back-up path (MBI). Path diversity between LeverettNet and the Internet...
View ArticleHow to Secure Your IoT Devices – Tom’s Guide | Tom’s Guide
Have a fitness band, smart thermostat or other smart IoT device? Here’s how to make sure it’s secure. “As connected consumer devices become more powerful and gain more capabilities, they will become...
View ArticleHouse passes bipartisan IoT security bill to fix ‘glaring gap’ in cyber...
A bipartisan bill setting minimum security standards for Internet of Things devices connected to federal networks passed the House Monday [September 14, 2020]. The bill now awaits a Senate floor vote...
View ArticleThe remote British village that built one of the fastest internet networks in...
On arrival in Clapham in spring 2019, I met Chris Conder, a straight-talking farmer’s wife who was arguably the driving force behind B4RN. Her unwavering campaign for broadband for her village, Wray,...
View ArticleWelcome to the Era of Fake Products | Wirecutter
A major Wall Street Journal investigation recently revealed that Amazon has listed “thousands of banned, unsafe, or mislabeled products,” from dangerous children’s products to electronics with fake...
View ArticleI’m still on Windows 7 – what should I do?
Support for Windows 7 has ended. Microsoft Windows 7 – launched in 2009 – came to the end of its supported life on Tuesday. Despite Microsoft’s repeated warnings to Windows 7 users, there may still be...
View ArticleSocial Media and Protecting Your Home: What You Need to Know!
When you leave your home during the day, do you post a note on the front door saying how long you’ll be gone and where to find the spare key? Of course not, yet many do effectively the same thing with...
View ArticleFive months after returning rental car, man still has remote control | Ars...
BEWARE WHEN YOU PAIR! Man can still track vehicle, lock and unlock it, and start and stop its engine. Sinclair’s opinion of mobile apps in rental cars is decidedly less favorable. That’s because, five...
View ArticleOne of Internet’s Co-Creators — Notably, Not Al Gore — Wonders Aloud, How Did...
When I was a young scientist working on the fledgling creation that came to be known as the internet, the ethos that defined the culture we were building was characterized by words such as ethical,...
View ArticleBenefits and Challenges of Regional Broadband
Achieving middle-mile route diversity and redundancy. Towns can work together to develop regional networks and make internet service more reliable for their constituents even if their last-mile builds...
View ArticleBest TV streaming services of 2018: SlingTV vs. Hulu vs. PlayStation Vue, and...
Best TV streaming services of 2018: SlingTV vs. Hulu vs. PlayStation Vue, and more | TechHive TechHive created this guide to compare the features of all the current TV streaming bundles. The guide...
View ArticleSecuring Your Home Network
Security Tip (ST15-002) Home Network Security The US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) US-CERT has released revised guidance for securing home networks. Apart from the standard advice of...
View ArticleRussian hacker warning: How to protect yourself from network attacks | ZDNet
…with home users and small businesses said to be vulnerable to these exploits, there are concerns that these individuals and organisations will remain vulnerable to attacks because the users don’t...
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The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user
Gmail users Beware! Look carefully at the TO address [not just the FROM address] when you get a suspicious email! I recently received an email from Netflix which nearly caused me to add my card details...
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Omitting the “o” in .com Could Be Costly — Krebs on Security
Take care when typing a domain name into a browser address bar, because it’s far too easy to fat-finger a key and wind up somewhere you don’t want to go. For example, if you try to visit some of the...
View ArticleBeware the smart toaster: 18 tips for surviving the surveillance age |...
The Internet has become a place for espionage, dirty tricks, hacking, and surveillance…. even as it still provides useful information and connectivity. The task is to be aware of the dangers in order...
View ArticleCambridge Analytica Whistle-Blower Contends Data-Mining Swung Brexit Vote –...
This may be a bit of a stretch for a LeverettNet Blog, but the article provides a good overview of the dangers associated with “data mining” from social networks: In other words, what the social media...
View ArticleURL Homograph (Unicode) Attacks
More than a decade ago ICANN (the Internet registration authority) allowed the registration of internationalized domain names, regionalized for various languages and alphabets, spelled using Unicode...
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