Security News

Global internet freedom declines for the ninth consecutive year
2019-11-08 06:00

Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, tilting the technology toward digital authoritarianism. As a result of these...

euNetworks builds critical internet infrastructure linking Dublin to London and Lowestoft
2019-11-05 03:00

euNetworks, a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, announced that it has undertaken a strategic investment, building critical internet infrastructure linking Dublin to London and...

Russia’s sovereign internet law comes into force
2019-11-04 12:45

The new law compels the country’s ISPs to forward all data arriving and departing from their networks through special gateway servers.

Controversial Russian Law to Control Internet Enters Force
2019-11-01 11:53

A controversial law that would allow Russia to cut internet traffic from international servers came into force Friday, prompting fears from rights activists of online isolation. read more

Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home
2019-10-16 20:28

23 kids saved, alleged scumbag-in-chief already in jail US prosecutors say a South Korean man was behind the largest child-abuse image-swapping operation yet found on the internet.…

Cracking the Passwords of Early Internet Pioneers
2019-10-15 15:38

Lots of them weren't very good: BSD co-inventor Dennis Ritchie, for instance, used "dmac" (his middle name was MacAlistair); Stephen R. Bourne, creator of the Bourne shell command line...

Update: Internet Security Threat Report
2019-10-08 13:48

Kevin Haley of Symantec Shares Key FindingsKevin Haley of Symantec shares key findings from the company's latest Internet Security Threat Report.

Patches for Internet Explorer Zero-Day Causing Problems for Many Users
2019-10-07 15:58

Microsoft has released a new set of security patches for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that was initially addressed on September 23. The initial updates introduced some printing...

Avast Business Secure Internet Gateway reduces costs and delivers advanced protection
2019-10-02 03:00

Avast, a leader in digital security products for business and consumers, announced the launch of Avast Business Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) for its customers. The cloud-based solution offers a...