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Security, networks and the occasional questionable decision, mostly with the Philippines in view.
[US-CISA] CISA and Partners Release Cybersecurity Advisory Guidance detailing PRC state-sponsored actors evading detection by “Living off the Land”
Today, CISA joined the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and international partners in releasing a joint cybersecurity advisory highlighting recently discovered activities conducted by a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actor.
RouterOS v7.10rc1: BFD's Return and New MPLS Fast Reroute (FRR) Support!
After a lengthy break, MikroTik is bringing BFD support back! With Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), users are empowered to rapidly detect faults between two forwarding engines. It's a robust tool to swiftly pinpoint network failures and initiate quick recovery.
EVE-NG PE v103: Enhanced Security, Improved Performance, and Expanded Support
EVE-NG Professional Edition v103 tightens Docker node security, adds CPU affinity settings to isolate system and lab node CPUs, adds deletion protection for locked labs, and brings partial support for Juniper vEX switches when EVE-NG runs under VMware. It also improves lab display and indexing.
[SecurityWeek] Google Now Lets US Users Search Dark Web for Their Gmail ID
Google announced at Google I/O that Gmail users in the US can now run scans to check whether their Gmail address appears on the dark web. SecurityWeek covers the new feature, which helps users find out if their accounts have shown up in leaked or traded data.
[Security Intelligence] ChatGPT Confirms Data Breach, Raising Security Concerns
The data leakage in ChatGPT was addressed swiftly with apparently little damage, with impacted paying subscribers making up less than 1% of its users. However, the incident could be a harbinger of the risks that could impact chatbots and users in the future.
RouterOS 7.9 [Stable] released!
RouterOS 7.9 improves performance and stability with enhanced BGP VPN selection, new console features, expanded IPv6 functionality, OVPN configuration import/export, better Wifiwave2 performance, and bug fixes.
[VyOS] Project April 2023 update
VyOS 1.4 is on the way to becoming the new LTS release. There is no set date for its freeze yet but we expect to do it within this year. We are incredibly proud that our rolling release is already almost free of legacy code.
[Lawrence Systems] 2023 Firewall Features Compared: pfsense | Arista | UniFi | Sophos | Fortinet | Meraki & What We Use
Lawrence Systems compares 2023 firewall features across pfSense, Arista, UniFi, Sophos, Fortinet, and Meraki, and shares which one they use themselves.
[SentinelOne] Dissecting AlienFox | The Cloud Spammer’s Swiss Army Knife
SentinelLabs analyzes AlienFox, a modular toolkit that attackers share on Telegram and GitHub to harvest API keys and secrets from cloud services such as AWS SES and Microsoft Office 365. The full report includes indicators of compromise, YARA rules, and defensive recommendations.
Proxmox Backup Server 2.4 is available!
Proxmox Backup Server 2.4 is available. It's based on Debian 11.6 Bullseye with a choice of Linux kernel 5.15 or 6.2, and it includes ZFS 2.1.9. New features include a dark mode, an LDAP authentication realm with user synchronization, and support for WORM tapes.
