Security News

Lawmakers Asking What ISPs Can Do About DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-10-26 15:00

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia wrote a letter to the heads of the FCC, FTC and DHS asking whether ISPs have the power to keep insecure connected devices off the public Internet.

ISPs treat cyber security as a top priority (Help Net Security)
2016-09-07 13:00

Better law enforcement training and coordination of cyber security and support for a government-backed awareness campaign are two key findings of an ISP survey by the Internet Services Providers’...

Stealing Money from ISPs Through Premium Rate Calls (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-19 11:21

I think the best hacks are the ones that are obvious once they're explained, but no one has thought of them before. Here's an example: Instagram ($2000), Google ($0) and Microsoft ($500) were...

Tech support scammers impersonate victims’ ISP (Help Net Security)
2016-06-22 20:16

Tech support scammers have switched from cold calls to pop-ups ambushing users online, seemingly coming from the victims’ ISP. In the US and Canada, Verizon, AT&T and TimeWarner users are being...