Security News

Credential-Stuffing Attack Targets Regional Internet Registry
2021-02-19 19:32

RIPE NCC, the regional Internet registry for Europe, West Asia, and the former Soviet Union, said attackers attempted a credential-stuffing attack against its single-sign on service. Regional internet registry RIPE NCC is warning of a credential-stuffing attack against its single sign-on service, RIPE NCC Access, and is encouraging users to implement two-factor authentication.

RIPE NCC Internet Registry discloses SSO credential stuffing attack
2021-02-18 19:00

RIPE NCC is warning members that they suffered a credential stuffing attack attempting to gain access to single sign-on accounts. RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit regional Internet registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.

Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability gets unofficial micropatch
2021-02-11 19:34

An Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability used against security researchers, not yet fixed by Microsoft, today received a micropatch that prevents exploitation. An MHT file, or MIME HTML, is a special file format used by Internet Explorer to store a web page and its resources in a single archive file.

Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability gets a free micropatch
2021-02-11 19:34

An Internet Explorer 11 zero-day vulnerability used against security researchers, not yet fixed by Microsoft, today received a micropatch that prevents exploitation. An MHT file, or MIME HTML, is a special file format used by Internet Explorer to store a web page and its resources in a single archive file.

Safer Internet Day – Why not up your game?
2021-02-09 00:01

Usually, when Safer Internet Day comes around, the cybersecurity situation hasn't changed much from the year before, so it doesn't feel like much of a reason to do anything special. With all this in mind, why not take advantage of SAFER INTERNET DAY 2021 to check your online security practices and make sure you, your family and your friends are as safe as possible?

Google QUIC-ly left privacy behind in its quest for a speedier internet, boffins find
2021-01-30 00:10

A trio of researchers from China have found that QUIC is more vulnerable to web fingerprinting than HTTPS, a shortcoming that could make it easier for an adversary to infer which websites an individual is visiting by scrutinizing network traffic. Google developed QUIC to solve issues like these and the protocol is being worked on in parallel by the Internet Engineering Task Force as a standard.

Verizon Fios fiber cut causes Internet outage in Northeastern US
2021-01-26 17:11

Verizon Fios is experiencing an Internet outage making it impossible to access many websites after a fiber connection was cut in Brooklyn. Starting at approximately 11:00 AM EST, Verizon Fios users found they were no longer able to access popular services, such as Google, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and even Verizon's own website and My verizon app to check for known outages.

Verizon Fios Internet outage affecting Northeastern US
2021-01-26 17:11

Verizon Fios is experiencing an Internet outage making it impossible to access many websites after a fiber connection was cut in Brooklyn. Starting at approximately 11:00 AM EST, Verizon Fios users found they were no longer able to access popular services, such as Google, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and even Verizon's own website and My verizon app to check for known outages.

Internet regulation: Not a matter of freedom of speech, but freedom to conduct business
2021-01-26 04:00

Since 1997, the Supreme Court has used the metaphor of the free market of ideas to define the internet, thus addressing the regulation of the net as a matter of freedom of speech. Internet regulation should be framed not as a matter of freedom of speech, but as a matter of freedom to conduct a business, they argue.

Internet Society Foundation awards $1M to projects that examine the future and sustainability of the internet
2021-01-26 00:15

The Internet Society Foundation has awarded over $1 million through its Research grant programme to seven projects that examine the future and sustainability of the internet. Project title: Creating a research strategy to green the internet.