Internet

Intel Chipset Causing Gigabit Broadband Lag

Routers containing a particular Intel chipset are suffering significant latency issues on gigabit broadband connections, destroying online gaming and real-time…

8 years ago

Mirai Botnet Takes Down One Million German Routers

Mirai — the worm responsible for infecting tens of millions of IoT devices which were used as a botnet to DDoS…

8 years ago

Websites Could Boycott UK Over Surveillance Law

A new campaign, protesting the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act, which gives the government access to 12 months’ worth of…

8 years ago

UK Surveillance Law Requires Encryption Backdoors

As if the new Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter for its egregious mass surveillance of every UK…

8 years ago

Unseat.me Lets You Delete Yourself from the Internet

Between the plethora of online account hacks and creeping draconian surveillance laws – just look at the state of the…

8 years ago

San Francisco Transit Hacker Hacked

Over the weekend, it emerged that the San Francisco Municipal Rail system (SFMTA) had been hacked, with employees greeted by…

8 years ago

Internet Society Attacks State of Global Online Security

International non-profit the Internet Society (ISOC) has taken a long look at global online security, and it does not like…

8 years ago

Annual Global Web Traffic to Exceed 1 Zettabyte This Year

The internet is a big place, and it's growing at an exponential rate every year. With websites now averaging 2.3MB,…

8 years ago

UK Passes “Terrifying” Internet Surveillance Law

The Investigatory Powers Bill – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter due to its draconian approach to mass surveillance –…

8 years ago

Google Fiber’s CEO Stepping Down – Halts Fiber Plans in Several Cities

Google has done impressive work at bringing ultra-fast internet to parts of America, but it seems the company has hit…

8 years ago

John McAfee Points Finger over Massive DDoS Attack

On Friday (21st October), a malicious party was responsible for a huge DDoS attack on Managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn,…

8 years ago

Amazon Could Become an ISP in Europe

Amazon is making moves to become an internet service provider within Europe, bundling online access in with its Amazon Prime…

8 years ago

Nokia’s 65Tbps Fibre Transmission Sets New Record

Nokia’s Bell Labs has achieved a record-breaking 65Tbps over a 6,600km submarine fibre cable, which is 5Tbps faster than Google’s…

8 years ago

Deleting Browser History to Avoid Embarrassment Isn’t Destruction of Evidence

  A Canadian judge has ruled that a defendant who deleted his browser history, while in full knowledge that his…

8 years ago

New Legal Framework to Target Online Trolls

Online communication has revolutionised the way we all keep in contact with friends and distant relatives. Not only that, the…

8 years ago