News
With corona virus dominating the news it was only a matter of time before phishing attacks would appear to take advantage of people searching for information. We have seen a steep rise in new domains registered with the words corona, coronavirus or covid, with over 1,400 such new domains in the past few hours. A few ..
We have a new bigger and better update of Rawstream Network Server out now. Rawstream Network Server provides on-premise DNS-based web filtering for all the devices and users on your network. What’s new: native Windows service that now works with Active Directory to provide per-Active Directory user filtering and reporting. Of course, guest devices can ..
Be Proactive with Cyber Security Rawstream’s new Threat Huntr™ proactively searches for unknown, active threats in an environment It is the new gold standard for endpoint security. Malware or attackers can be lurking in your network quietly siphoning off data, or working their way across the network jumping from host to host. Your Endpoint Security ..
From today, Rawstream Network Security adds the capability to allow or block domains based on wildcards. Wildcard support is being rolled out across all our DNS IPs right now and will be complete across the next few hours. The entries will match on the full domain queried, including subdomains. As an example: a wildcard entry for sw*.apple.com will match all ..
Network Security
5G promises large bandwidth and very low latency to a very large number of devices. And its just round the corner: over 200 operators in various stages of rolling out the technology. We wrote about 5G in more detail in a previous blog post. This post is about the security aspect of 5G and more ..
Network Security
That Tesla that just drove by. Heart monitors. The AC in your office. Nothing out of the ordinary, except that over the coming months and years these and many other devices and items that we use everyday will be transformed by the rollout of 5G – a new network technology and not just for telephony. A very complex technology, ..
News
We’re always looking at ways to improve our products and that usually means technical improvements. Sometimes improving a product has nothing to do with the technical side, but simply how its presented. From talking to customers we realised that the difference between the different products was not always clear. Our communications were giving the impression ..
DNS
We’ve recently updated Rawstream Network Security to collect and report DNS MX requests. This matters because it can help organisations detect potential security breaches. Mail Exchanges DNS is the internet’s telephone directory. When you to browse to example.com, the browser looks up “example.com” against DNS servers, and the DNS server returns the address of example.com in ..
DNS
How establishments can protect their brand and block harmful internet content from being accessed through guest WiFi Coffee shops, kid-friendly restaurants and shopping malls attract lots of young families. With hundreds of kids and teenagers all connecting to the establishment’s guest wifi, as management you need to make sure that they experience a safe environment … ..
DNS
The not-so-sexy risks of having unprotected Airbnb networks A solid Wifi connection is now considered essential by most guests looking for a short-term rental on Airbnb. Most hosts, especially in cities, will find that their booking requests drop dramatically if internet is not included. Still, that doesn’t mean that handing over your WiFi password to ..