Routers containing a particular Intel chipset are suffering significant latency issues on gigabit broadband connections, destroying online gaming and real-time connectivity in ...
December 4, 2016 at 10:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Mirai — the worm responsible for infecting tens of millions of IoT devices which were used as a botnet to DDoS managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn in October — has ...
December 4, 2016 at 9:00 pm by Ashley Allen
A new campaign, protesting the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act, which gives the government access to 12 months’ worth of internet browsing data for every resident of the ...
December 4, 2016 at 8:00 pm by Ashley Allen
As if the new Investigatory Powers Act – nicknamed the Snoopers’ Charter for its egregious mass surveillance of every UK resident – wasn’t scary enough, it has now ...
December 1, 2016 at 8:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Between the plethora of online account hacks and creeping draconian surveillance laws – just look at the state of the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Bill – there has ...
November 29, 2016 at 11:37 pm by Ashley Allen
Over the weekend, it emerged that the San Francisco Municipal Rail system (SFMTA) had been hacked, with employees greeted by ransomware on their computer terminals. In a ...
November 29, 2016 at 7:20 pm by Ashley Allen
International non-profit the Internet Society (ISOC) has taken a long look at global online security, and it does not like what it sees. In a new report, prompted by a ...
November 28, 2016 at 9:00 pm by Ashley Allen
The internet is a big place, and it’s growing at an exponential rate every year. With websites now averaging 2.3MB, and their size is “increasing inexorably” ...
November 25, 2016 at 6:30 pm by Peter Donnell
The Investigatory Powers Bill – colloquially known as the Snooper’s Charter due to its draconian approach to mass surveillance – has been passed by the House of Lords ...
November 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm by Ashley Allen
Google has done impressive work at bringing ultra-fast internet to parts of America, but it seems the company has hit a bit of a snag as it undergoes a huge management ...
October 26, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Peter Donnell
On Friday (21st October), a malicious party was responsible for a huge DDoS attack on Managed DNS infrastructure provider Dyn, taking out sites like Twitter, SoundCloud, ...
October 23, 2016 at 11:00 pm by Ashley Allen
Amazon is making moves to become an internet service provider within Europe, bundling online access in with its Amazon Prime membership package, according to a new report from ...
October 19, 2016 at 7:10 pm by Ashley Allen
Nokia’s Bell Labs has achieved a record-breaking 65Tbps over a 6,600km submarine fibre cable, which is 5Tbps faster than Google’s FASTER Cable undersea installation. The ...
October 15, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Ashley Allen
A Canadian judge has ruled that a defendant who deleted his browser history, while in full knowledge that his computer was set to be seized by authorities, was not ...
October 13, 2016 at 8:20 pm by Ashley Allen
Online communication has revolutionised the way we all keep in contact with friends and distant relatives. Not only that, the advent of social media platforms allows users to ...
October 11, 2016 at 6:20 pm by John Williamson
