Why T-Mobile wants to give you a wireless router for free
If you're a T-Mobile customer, your company just gave you a very unexpected gift at yesterday's UnCarrier event: a wireless router. (more…)
Akamai Warns of IptabLes and IptabLex Infection on Linux, DDoS attacks
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 3, 2014 -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications,...
Malware communicates at a distance of 65 feet using built-in mics and speakers.
Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes...
Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data
Chalk this one up to the you kidding Right?? The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satellite firm to help...
Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’
The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history. (more…)
Video: Twitter, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Yahoo open to hijacking
Twitter, Linkedin, Yahoo! and Hotmail accounts are open to hijacking thanks to a flaw that allows cookies to be stolen and reused, according to a...
Infinite-capacity wireless vortex beams carry 2.5 terabits per second
American and Israeli researchers have used twisted, vortex beams to transmit data at 2.5 terabits per second. As far as we can discern, this is...
Companies Hacked Fight Back
Frustrated by their inability to stop sophisticated hacking attacks or use the law to punish their assailants, an increasing number of U.S. companies are taking...
Pentagon to tighten contractors’ cybersecurity
The U.S. Defense Department invited all of its eligible contractors to join a previously restricted information-sharing pact aimed at guarding sensitive Pentagon program data stored...
Activist hackers temporarily block Putin’s website
Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for...