Security News

Russian MPs Back Bill to Isolate Country's Internet
2019-02-12 13:30

Russian lawmakers on Tuesday backed a bill that could cut off the country's internet traffic from servers abroad which critics say is a step towards censorship and possibly an isolated network...

Russian ISPs plan internet disconnection test for entire country
2019-02-12 11:58

Russia’s major ISPs plan to temporarily disconnect servers from the internet, effectively cutting the country off from the outside world.

The Industrial Internet Consortium and OpenFog Consortium unite
2019-02-04 03:00

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the OpenFog Consortium (OpenFog) today announced that they have finalized the details to combine the two largest and most influential international...

Industrial Internet Consortium and OpenFog Consortium Merge
2019-02-01 19:08

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the OpenFog Consortium (OpenFog) this week announced that they finalized the details to merge into a single entity. read more

Internet Society Publishes Privacy Code of Conduct
2019-01-30 15:13

In his Time magazine article from two weeks ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook declared that people deserve privacy online. "Consumers shouldn't have to tolerate another year of companies irresponsibly...

Researchers Release Tool That Finds Vulnerable Robots on the Internet
2019-01-28 08:33

A team at a robot cybersecurity startup has released a free, open-source tool for information security professionals to help them easily 'footprint' and detect unprotected robots, not only...

Miscreants sweep internet for unpatched Cisco kit, fears over bugged Chinese parts, Roger Stone nabbed...
2019-01-26 11:04

...PHP's PEAR sabotaged for months, and more from the world of infosec Roundup This week we saw Hadoop hacks, Exchange exploits, and Deadpool besting scammers.…

Why Internet Security Is So Bad
2019-01-14 17:13

I recently read two different essays that make the point that while Internet security is terrible, it really doesn't affect people enough to make it an issue. This is true, and is something I...

Over 202 Million Chinese Job Seekers' Details Exposed On the Internet
2019-01-10 15:33

Cybersecurity researcher has discovered online a massive database containing records of more than 202 million Chinese citizens that remained accessible to anyone on the Internet without...