Security News

ISP popped router ports, saving customers the trouble of making themselves hackable
2018-05-29 02:08

SingTel then left them open for a while, because ... well there's no excuse is there? Singaporean broadband users were left vulnerable to attackers after their ISP opened remote access ports on...

Singapore ISP Leaves 1,000 Routers Open to Attack
2018-05-28 15:02

Telcom firm leaves port open on customer routers after maintenance update exposing hundreds of customers to possible attack.

ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries
2018-03-09 18:48

Governments in Turkey and Syria have been caught hijacking local internet users' connections to secretly inject surveillance malware, while the same mass interception technology has been found...

Avira Helps ISPs, Manufacturers Build Security Into Routers
2017-11-07 14:35

Avira, a firm known mostly for its antivirus products, announced on Monday the launch of a new IoT security solution designed to help Internet service providers (ISPs) and router manufacturers...

Android getting "DNS over TLS" to prevent ISPs from knowing what websites you visit
2017-10-23 01:29

No doubt your Internet Service Provides (ISPs), or network-level hackers cannot spy on https communications. But do you know — ISPs can still see all of your DNS requests, allowing them to know...

Europol wants ISPs to aid law enforcement by dropping CGN technologies
2017-10-18 18:54

Europol is urging ISPs to stop using Carrier Grade Network Address Translation technologies, because they make identifying and tracking criminals a lot harder. What is Carrier Grade Network...

ISPs May Be Helping Hackers to Infect you with FinFisher Spyware
2017-09-21 08:43

Are you sure the version of WhatsApp, or Skype, or VLC Player installed on your system is legitimate? Security researchers have discovered that legitimate downloads of several popular applications...

Researchers Figure Out How to Blind ISPs from Smart Home Device Traffic (Threatpost)
2017-08-29 19:04

Researchers have come up with a way to blind ISPs and attackers in a man-in-the-middle position to network traffic emanating from smart home devices.

Erosion of ISP Privacy Rules Sparks New Anti-Snooping Efforts (Threatpost)
2017-06-16 12:30

After lawmakers struck down ISP privacy protections earlier this year, new efforts are underway to help consumers win back control of their personal information from their service providers.

ISPs Should Block ‘The Pirate Bay’ Torrent Site: Top European Court Rules (The Hackers News)
2017-06-14 07:39

The Pirate Bay — a widely popular file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of charge — is once again in trouble, this time in Europe. The European Union Court of...