5/31/2020 - Still Ignoring the Fact That the World is on Fire

Bank Info Security - Former IT Administrator Sentenced in Insider Threat Case -

After resigning from his job in July 2018, Charles E. Taylor of Jacksonville, Arkansas, caused more than $800,000 in damage to his former firm, which had to replace several routers and rebuild and restore its internal computer network, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, which oversaw the case.

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"Corporate insiders like Taylor cause significant losses through hacking activity each year, and companies must remain vigilant against insider threats to their network security," U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak noted after the sentencing was announced on Thursday.

 Newsweek - Zoom's New, Stronger Encryption and Security Will Protect Paying Clients Not Free Accounts -

The video-conference app Zoom plans to strengthen the encryption of its service for paying customers, but the upgrade will not be available to users of its free service. The tech company discussed the encryption boost on a call with civil liberties groups earlier this week.

Zoom security consultant Alex Stamos later confirmed the details of the reported move in an interview with Reuters, which first reported the changes on Friday.

But he also told the news outlet that Zoom's plans could still change.

 Via Reddit - Linux Security Hardening and Other Tweaks 

Nikkei Asian Review - Huawei builds up 2-year reserve of 'most important' US chips -

Huawei's stockpiling efforts focus on central processors made by Intel for use in servers and programmable chips from its peer Xilinx, the sources said. These are the "most essential components" for the company's base station business and emerging cloud business, and it has enough inventory to last between one and a half and two years, they added.

Learn Cloud Native - Beginners guide to gateways and proxies -

A gateway usually lives between clients and backing applications or services. Gateways' job is to proxy or "negotiate" the communication between the client and the server. Imagine walking into a mall through the main entrance. As you walk in you probably run into one of these things:

A mall directory. Regardless of which mall you go to, you will run into a directory that displays the names of all shops, their locations and probably includes a map as well. Let's say you want to visit the Lego store. You know the store is in the mall, but you don't know the exact address (why should you?!). Luckily, it's enough to know the name of the store and use the directory to find where the store is inside the mall.

Just for Fun -

This weeks movie - Goodbye World 

When a mysterious cyber-attack cripples civilization, a group of old college friends retreat to a remote country home, where they must cope with an uncertain future while defending themselves against desperate outsiders.