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Ex-school district employee jailed for hacks on former employer

A former  IT employee at an Iowa school district was sentenced to 21 months in prison after conducting a prolonged cyberattack against the former employer that disrupted classroom operations, deleted accounts, and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damages.

Chinese hackers hijack auth flow, spy on isolated network for a decade

Chinese hackers took control of a target organization's authentication stack and maintained persistence for 10 years, with full visibility into the administrative activity.

US Gov asks Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos

The US government has ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, forcing the company to suspend both models worldwide. Anthropic is complying but disputes the basis, calling the cited jailbreak narrow and the capability widely available elsewhere.

Maine disables data breach notification portal after fake disclosures

Maine has taken its public data breach reporting portal offline after fraudulent breach disclosures were published on the state's website, prompting a review of procedures to prevent abuse in the future.

phpBB forum fixes auth bypass bug lurking for a decade

A 10-year-old authentication bypass vulnerability discovered in the phpBB forum software allows an attacker to log in as any user, including administrators.

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Western Networks Supports Animals in Need with LAPS

Western Networks is proud to sponsor the photo booth at the upcoming LAPS (Langley Animal Protection Society) 10th Annual Furry Tail Endings Gala, An Enchanted Ball on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Coast Hotel & Convention Centre in Langley. It will be a formal-dress evening of dining, dancing, and entertainment, with a silent and live auction. Proceeds go to helping protect and promote the physical, emotional, and psychological well being of companion animals in Langley. This will be a great event for a great cause!

More information and tickets are available through LAPS by phone or in person. Purchase information is here.

The results of the LAPS Dream Vacation Lottery will be announced at the Gala, as well. Tickets for the LAPS $5000 Dream Vacation Lottery are available in advance. Purchase information is here.

Come out and support our furry friends while having a "ball" doing it! We'll see you there!

Western Networks Offers In-House Hosting and Spam Protection

Seeing a need for better web, e-mail, and FTP hosting solutions, as well as superior spam-filtering solutions, Western Networks has begun offering in-house answers.

Using a group of servers to offer redundant, fail-safe hosting, Western Networks servers are high performance machines that provide reliable hosting for customer websites and e-mail. Scalability has been achieved through server virtualization, with quick and monitored fail-over in the event of an unresponsive server.

In addition, Western Networks has begun offering spam-filtering solutions via SonicWALL's outstanding Email Security appliance products. SonicWALL's Email Security products offer the best spam and virus protection available, and Western Networks is proud to be able to offer that protection to it's clients at a low cost.

Between the two new service offerings, Western Networks is able to offer an end-to-end e-mail and hosting solution that provides maximum security, excellent spam and virus filtering, and complete control over e-mail flow and hosting for easy diagnostics of any issues that may present themselves.

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