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How to flash the Netgear Nighthawk X10 R9000 with DD-WRT without bricking the router

Cloud Insidr 2019-11-22 8 Comments

How to flash the Netgear Nighthawk X10 R9000 with DD-WRT without bricking the router

Open-source router firmware can open up a whole new world of possibilities when it comes to internet connectivity. For many people, the firmware of choice is DD-WRT. All you need is a wireless router, a service that supports its functionality and you are good to go. 

The Netgear Nighthawk X10 R9000 is indisputably one of the best wireless routers out there. It’s pricey, too. One way to make the whole investment more affordable is by flashing the router yourself as opposed to buying one from a third-party vendor. 

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Filed Under: news, reviews Tagged With: DD-WRT, firmware, Netgear, router, WiFi

IBM’s China connection and the betrayal of America: how Chinese government hackers manage to remain undetectable

Cloud Insidr 2017-01-01 Leave a Comment

IBM’s China connection and the betrayal of America: how Chinese government hackers manage to remain undetectable

“You know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way. Because I’ll tell you what: No computer is safe (…) I don’t care what they say.”

President-Elect Donald Trump

 

In the waning days of the fading Obama presidency, plenty of questions surfaced about Russia’s involvement with the hacks of the DNC and election systems. Electronic evidence can be easily manipulated.

There is more to it than just electronic evidence.

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Filed Under: cybersecurity and cyber warfare, industries, industry analysis, news, Uncategorized Tagged With: China, cryptography, cyber defense, cybersecurity, hacking, IBM, Intel, intrusion detection

A fatal flaw in TCP on Linux hijacks HTTPS connections. Here is the fix

Cloud Insidr 2016-08-12 Leave a Comment

A fatal flaw in TCP on Linux hijacks HTTPS connections. Here is the fix

If you are running Linux kernel 3.6 or newer, anyone in the world on a network that allows IP spoofing can hijack your encrypted communications in less than a minute, with a success rate of 90%.

Here is how to fix it.

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Filed Under: alerts, cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption, Linux Tagged With: cyber security, Linux, TCP

Apple and Seagate Hacked

Cloud Insidr 2016-03-07 4 Comments

Apple and Seagate Hacked

Over the years, Apple has dismissed some of their best technical talent. Today, it came back to bite them: the legendary electronic maker had to admit that they got hacked big-time, joining Seagate in this predicament. It made news all over the airwaves.

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Filed Under: cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, encryption, industry gossip, news, web servers in the cloud Tagged With: Apple, breach, Closing Bell, CNBC, cy, cyber security, hack, Seagate

Still using Kerberos Authentication? Now You Have a Reason to Stop: It Does NOT Keep Your Business Safe

Anna E Kobylinska 2016-03-07 12 Comments

Still using Kerberos Authentication? Now You Have a Reason to Stop: It Does NOT Keep Your Business Safe

Kerberos, an ancient network authentication protocol from the 1980s that is commonly used to this day, can get you into some serious trouble.

The Kerberos setup used by your organization may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

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Filed Under: administration and orchestration, alerts, cloud, edge and everything in between, cybersecurity and cyber warfare, industry gossip Tagged With: Kerberos, SSH

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