Microsoft has released a new optional preview update that fixes two bugs that prevent Windows 10 2003 users from connecting to the Internet.
2Microsoft released the Windows 10 2004 KB4577063 non-security preview cumulative update with fixes for Internet connectivity and Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) issues.
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Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
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Cyber-security firm GreyNoise Intelligence today announced the launch of GreyNoise Alerts, a new free service that will automatically notify you via email when any devices on your organization's IP address range get hacked and start exhibiting potentially malicious behavior.
0Microsoft has released an out-of-band Windows 10 update to fix a bug that was causing internet connectivity issues on devices with proxies, including virtual private networks (VPNs).
10All supported Windows 10 and Windows Server versions are affected by a new bug that could cause applications to be unable to connect to the Internet.
0Verizon Fios is currently having a network-wide DNS outage that is causing users to not be able to connect to websites, retrieve email, or play online games.
1The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) explains how DNS-monitoring will get more difficult as modern encrypted DNS transport protocols are getting more popular in a fact sheet published this week.
1Global communications network OneWeb failed to convince the Russian State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCRF) to provision the radio frequencies needed by the company to work within the Russian Federation.
1A new year in review report from Symantec shows that formjacking accompanied by supply chain attacks were the fastest growing threats of 2018, while living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks saw a large boost in adoption from threat actors, with PowerShell scripts usage, for example, seeing a formidable 1000% increase.
0South Korea has been blocking HTTP websites that are on their censor list for a while now and they have recently started using SNI filtering to block their counterparts served over HTTPS.
1The Google Chrome team is working on shipping a Signed HTTP Exchanges (SXG) feature with a future Chrome release allowing the browser to load and navigate signed web documents designed to look as originating from a particular source, regardless of the server they're loaded from.
0This week users of Avast's antivirus product have reported Internet problems after performing an upgrade of a product. If users also have Malwarebytes installed, reports are coming in that Avast is causing conflicts with that program as well.
4Several Internet transit providers —companies that route global Internet traffic between local ISPs, end users, and data centers— have banded together to ban a fellow transit provider that has carried out at least 130 Internet route (BGP) hijacks in the past few years, most of which, experts say, were with malicious intent.
1Following the publication of a report in July 2017, North Korea's elites, some of the country's few citizens allowed on the Internet, have greatly altered their online behavior, and are now obfuscating their browsing activity, and have ditched US websites like Facebook or Instagram for alternative Chinese social networks.
1Three major browser makers —Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla—have put their official backing behind a new W3C API called Web Authentication (WebAuthn) that is advertised as a reliable alternative to passwordless online authentication.
0"HTTP injector" apps traded in public Telegram channels are becoming a popular method of gaining free Internet access on mobile devices.
1Google announced on Friday plans to shut down goo.gl, its long-time URL shortening service. The service is still active, but starting April 18, Google says that only existing registered users will be able to shorten links via their goo.gl account console.
0The Russian government is currently discussing plans to build its own "independent internet infrastructure" that will be used by BRICS member states — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
3The European Union (EU) has voted on Tuesday to pass the new Consumer Protection Cooperation regulation, a new EU-wide applicable law that gives extra power to national consumer protection agencies, but which also contains a vaguely worded clause that also grants them the power to block websites without judicial oversight.
2Comcast Xfinity Internet service is down in large areas of the US due to unknown reasons, according to multiple online reports.
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