Border Gateway Protocol
FCC Pushes Ahead with Internet Routing Security Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission is considering requiring broadband providers to improve the cybersecurity of the networks that route traffic around the internet, an issue the FCC and other government agencies have been ...
Security Boulevard
The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire
BrianKrebs | | A Little Sunshine, Adam Korab, bgp, Border Gateway Protocol, CenturyLink, Internet Routing Registry, IRR, kc claffy, Level3 Communications, Lumen Technologies, The Coming Storm
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 ...
What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?
BrianKrebs | | 60 Minutes, A Little Sunshine, bgp, Border Gateway Protocol, CBS, Doug Madory, Facebook outage, Frances Haugen, Instagram outage, Kentik, The Coming Storm, WhatsApp outage
Facebook and its sister properties Instagram and WhatsApp are suffering from ongoing, global outages. We don't yet know why this happened, but the how is clear: Earlier this morning, something inside Facebook ...