Malware and Phishing
Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar breaks on IPv6 enabled networks
IPv6-capable websites can break the website security information displayed in the Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar for Firefox and Chrome.
Networking
Networking
IPv6 support finally arrive in Fail2Ban 0.10
The popular SSH server brute-force login guessing protection utility Fail2Ban has finally added IPv6 support in Fail2Ban version 0.10.
Linux
Change the default SSH port in Fedora Linux
Reduce brute-force password guessing and scripted attacks on your SSH service running on a Fedora Server by changing away from the default SSH port number.
Hardware
InvizBox review: Tor anonymity in a box
Who needs a simple to set up Tor-enabled Wi-Fi access-point, anyway? Maybe for a guest network? InvizBox is the answer if you do!
Web Analytics
3 freemium website uptime monitoring services compared
A group review of the free tiers of the three uptime-monitoring services: Site24x7 vs StatusCake vs UptimeRobot.
Hardware
Replace the problematic Broadcom Wi-Fi module with an Intel model
How to swap out a poorly supported Broadcom Wi-Fi module in a laptop with a better and more modern Wi-Fi module from Intel.
Android
android.net.Uri breaks IPv6 addresses in the wrong places
Always use Java’s URI API instead of Android’s URI API to avoid Android’s mishandling of IPv6 literal addresses.
DNS
mDNS and DNS-SD slowly making their way into Windows 10
Microsoft is working on baking Multicast-DNS and DNS Service Discovery, two widely deployed network-discovery protocols, into Windows 10.
DNS
Avahi 0.6.32 enabling IPv6 and Windows 10 log-silencing
The popular mDNS-utility Avahi sees its first update in three years. The update addresses multiple issues with IPv6 and log-flooding from Windows 10 clients.
Hardware
Reset an Asus RP-AC52 Wi-Fi range-extender
How to factory-reset an Asus RP-AC52 Wi-Fi repeater. For whatever reason, ASUS doesn’t tell you how to do it in the manual.
Authentication and Passwords
Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10 to reduce users’ network security
Windows 10 introduces a new feature that freely shares all your Wi-Fi passwords with your Outlook, Skype, and Facebook contacts.
MacOS
It’s high time Apple enabled the OS X firewall by default
Microsoft got trashed by the security community for failing to deploy a firewall by default in Windows. Why are Apple products not given the same scrutiny?