SoundCloud users relying on VPN connections experienced persistent 403 errors due to an ongoing service disruption. The issue blocked streaming, logins, and other key functions, raising questions about backend restrictions and traffic filtering within the platform.
AWS’s agentic-AI initiative promises rapid enterprise modernization, but it also broadens cyber-attack surfaces dramatically. Autonomous agents bridging legacy systems and cloud infrastructure demand rigorous security, governance, and threat modeling before adoption.
Manufacturers face the most dangerous cyber landscape in their industry’s history. Attackers now target OT systems, supply chains and intellectual property with unprecedented sophistication, creating widespread operational and financial impact.
A DNS sinkhole blocks trackers and risky domains before they reach the browser. This DIY guide shows how to use Pi-hole or AdGuard Home with lean lists, encrypted upstream, and Unbound caching. You’ll keep streaming and banking working while cutting noise, exposure, and data leaks across every device.
Between 2024 and 2025, China-linked APT31 conducted a stealthy espionage campaign targeting Russian IT contractors and government integrators. The group masked its command-and-control using legitimate cloud services such as Yandex Cloud and OneDrive, deployed loaders like CloudyLoader via DLL side-loading, and maintained long dwell times within compromised networks. This article decodes APT31’s tool-kit, tactics and persistence model, and offers detection and response guidance for defenders.
Set up Google Workspace the right way: one SPF with include:_spf.google.com, a 2048-bit DKIM key at google._domainkey, and a strict, report-ready DMARC policy with alignment. Start at p=none to discover stray senders, then ramp to quarantine and reject. Verification steps and copy-paste examples included.
Remote work needs more than a VPN. This guide shows small businesses how to apply Zero Trust with “micro-segmentation lite”: verify each request with identity and device checks, publish apps through access proxies, and block lateral movement with simple zones. You’ll protect remote teams fast without heavy tooling.
Gemini’s Deep Research now taps Gmail, Drive, and Chat when users allow it. Because the agent can fuse internal messages and files with web context, output quality rises along with privacy risk. This guide shows how to roll out safely: set consent norms, restrict high-risk teams, validate audit coverage, and keep DLP and labels active so Deep Research never reads more than policy permits.
Pass-the-Hash succeeds when local admin passwords repeat and admins sign in everywhere. Small ADs can end that pattern fast. Use Windows LAPS to rotate a unique secret per device and enforce a Tier 0/1/2 admin model so privileged credentials never roam. Add Credential Guard and LSA Protection to shrink theft opportunities.
This Windows 11 (24H2) hardening guide delivers 20 Group Policy settings you can deploy today. You’ll protect credentials, block ransomware, enforce SMB signing, harden RDP, and tighten audit logging with version-specific notes and quick tests. Roll out in phases, validate with gpresult, and keep exceptions minimal and time-boxed.