CenturyLink - Tagged - Security Boulevard The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png CenturyLink - Tagged - Security Boulevard 32 32 133346385 China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/china-cyberwar-coming-versas-vice-volt-typhoons-target/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2029126 A Chinese flag flies on a high pole

Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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]]> 2029126 Lumen Says It’ll Exit Russia—but Will it REALLY? https://securityboulevard.com/2022/03/lumen-says-itll-exit-russia-but-will-it-really/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:59:36 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=1914610

Lumen Technologies said it’s pulling out of Russia—or did it? We read the PR spin carefully.

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]]> 1914610 The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire https://securityboulevard.com/2021/11/the-internet-is-held-together-with-spit-baling-wire/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:03:53 +0000 https://krebsonsecurity.com/?p=57596 Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world's largest companies -- just by spoofing an email. This is the nature of a threat vector recently removed by a Fortune 500 firm that operates one of the world's largest Internet backbones.

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]]> 1902143 Who’s Behind Monday’s 14-State 911 Outage? https://securityboulevard.com/2020/09/whos-behind-mondays-14-state-911-outage/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:26:15 +0000 https://krebsonsecurity.com/?p=53121 Emergency 911 systems were down for more than an hour on Monday in towns and cities across 14 U.S. states. The outages led many news outlets to speculate the problem was related to Microsoft's Azure web services platform, which also was struggling with a widespread outage at the time. However, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity the 911 issues stemmed from some kind of technical snafu involving Intrado and Lumen, two companies that together handle 911 calls for a broad swath of the United States.

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