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Spoofing 101: What is it?

September 20, 2018 By Emil Hozan

You often hear news about cyber attacks where perpetrators “spoof” IP addresses or MAC addresses, to name a few. What exactly does this mean though? Is this a complicated thing to do and how can we better protect ourselves? If you think this is a complicated task to accomplish or requires some type of computer wizardry, well, you’re on the right track but it’s not as … [Read more...]

When are ISPs Responsible for Cybersecurity?

April 26, 2017 By The Editor

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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Comcast, Charter or Century Link could dramatically affect their customers’ security if they chose to, but how should they use this great power responsibly? In a recent Dark Reading article, WatchGuard Technologies CTO Corey Nachreiner writes about the role ISPs should play in cybersecurity.  Here’s an excerpt from the article that … [Read more...]

Attacker DDoSes the Internet – Daily Security Byte EP. 190

December 10, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Can hackers knock out the Internet? Probably not, but it look like attackers tried to disrupt DNS recent by launching a distributed denial of service attack against the root DNS servers. Watch today's video to learn how the IT community can make it harder for attackers to launch reflected attacks. (Episode Runtime: 4:04) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]

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