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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions based on reachability and routing information. Each AS creates rules and policies for how traffic moves within its network.

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Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017

The Verge

To make the grade for verification, users will have to meet Twitter’s revamped verification criteria , which includes having an account of public interest that falls under one of six different types of categorizations as well as being “authentic, notable, and active.”. Companies, brands and organizations. News organizations and journalists.

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How the SolarWinds hackers are targeting cloud services in unprecedented cyberattack

GeekWire

Specifically, if we decode the various reports and connect the dots we can see that the SolarWinds attackers have targeted authentication systems on the compromised networks so they can log in to cloud-based services like Microsoft Office 365 without raising alarms. It’s a method for authentication (i.e. total) access.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

Background: At the Feb 2017 RSA conference, Ed Skoudis of SANS reported over 150 families of crypto ransomware were in the wild and evolving. Ransomware in late 2016 interrupted San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) payment machines and in Jan 2017 compromised the electronic key system of an Austrian hotel.

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Liveblog: VMworld 2017 Day 1 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. and vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) 3.5. Availability of VMware Cloud Services (Discovery, Cost Insight, Network Insight, AppDefense, NSX Cloud, Wavefront) (this has been a big part of my work life for the last year, great to see them available).

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It's 2017 and changing other people's flight bookings is incredibly easy

Network World

The travel booking systems used by millions of people every day are woefully insecure and lack modern authentication methods. This allows attackers to easily modify other people's reservations, cancel their flights and even use the refunds to book tickets for themselves, according a team of researchers who analyzed this online ecosystem.

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Nmap security scanner gets new scripts, performance boosts

Network World

The Nmap Project just released the Holiday Edition of its open source cross-platform security scanner and network mapper, with several important improvements and bug fixes. 15, 2017: Use code 8TIISZ4Z. ]. Give yourself a technology career advantage with InfoWorld's Deep Dive technology reports and Computerworld's career trends reports.