Beware of “blame the vendor” distractions. https://bsky.app/profile/rgblights.bsky.social/post/3ltshf3lvc22e Rob Joyce posted this on his BlueSky account as a response to Alexander Martin’s article, “Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps.” Both Rob and Alex are exasperating “blame the vendor” fears when the real problem is more systemic, with nothing to do with which world Read More
Tag: DDOS
Using your Printer Ports to Attack?
Do you have a customer whose printer ports are open and vulnerable and can now be used for DDoS? Is your network’s “Internet Print Protocol” (IPP) port open and ready for exploitation? Last week, the Shadowserver Foundation alerted a “large increase in queries on 631/UDP seen in our sensors due to recent CUPS RCEs disclosure. Read More
Industry Anti-DDOS Strategy 2018
Note to the Readers …… Yes, there are communities who consult and curate an anti-DDoS strategy to mitigate the risk to the Internet. Starting ~2000, Operators have consulted on ways to build better resilience into the Internet’s infrastructure. These consultations evolved into informal security strategy plans. By 2012, multiple groups were involved (see http://www.senki.org/2012-a-year-of-cyber-security-optimism/). A Read More
Lithuania provides insight into the broader threats from China
Lithuania warns that China has ramped up espionage & cyber campaigns in this year’s National Threat Assessments. Cybersecurity and Digital Safety specialists benefit from studying and reflecting on other countries’ national threat assessments. The problem is selecting one that best matches the resources and capabilities that are more closely aligned with most of the world. Read More
New SLP DDoS amplification can overload your network
Happy Tuesday – It is the RSA conference week. That means we get vendors disclosing vulnerabilities while people are at the conference. Bitsight and Curesec uncovered a Service Location Protocol (SLP) DDoS Amplification that can be as high as 2200:1. That means an open SLP port on your network can … CISA has posted an Read More
How To Secure Mikrotik Devices
(Version 1.0) Mikrotik devices are wonderful networking tools. They offer flexibility and cost empowerment to solve networking problems. But, the way we deploy Mikrotiks in the industry is creating multiple security risks. People are not spending the time to secure Mikrotik devices. It cannot be ignored that Mikrotik devices are 2022’s most dangerous malware platform.
Don’t let your Firewalls be STUN DDoS Reflector
Your firewalls can be used as a STUN DDoS reflector to attack others on the Internet. Open UDP firewall ports for STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) are being exploited for DDoS reflection. Your network is most likely one of those networks. Shadowserver now detects 101k IPv4 and 2.9K IPv6 accessible UDP STUN services. These Read More
Why are you leaving your SNMP ports open to the world?
Too many organizations are ignoring the risk of SNMP abuse and leaving their SNMP ports open to the world. Simple Network Manage Protocol (SNMP) is one of our core networking building blocks. We – the community who build and run networks – use all types of networks. It is a powerful tool for monitoring, managing, Read More
DDoS Resiliency Workshop – 2022
Revised, Updated, and Enhance DDoS Resiliency Workshops for Today’s Internet In the late 1990s, several people started teaching ISPs how to protect their networks from attack. These early “DDoS Resiliency Workshops” evolved in a consistent theme and method that eventually curated best common practices for DDoS resiliency. Unfortunately, the threats from attacks to Communications Services
You are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace”
It is 2022 and you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian Cyberwar’s “Battlespace.” There is no escaping the “packets” flying through, at, and over your network. If you live on planet Earth, you are now part of the Russian-Ukrainian cyber-battle space. What is a cyber warfare “battlespace?” A “battlespace” is the location of the warfighting. Read More