Are our pets leaking information about us?
Pet and animal-related apps are creating cybersecurity risks to their owners, new research has shown.
Feb 27, 2023
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Websites of several German airports not reachable
The internet sites of several German airports were disrupted on Thursday after what may have been a hacker attack, German news agency dpa reported.
Feb 16, 2023
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Team demonstrates that basic mechanism for internet security can be broken
The National research center for Cybersecurity ATHENE has found a way to break one of the basic mechanisms used to secure internet traffic. The mechanism, called RPKI, is actually designed to prevent cybercriminals or government ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Web surfing that feels instantaneous, even though it's not
If the coronavirus pandemic drove your life online, you've probably been there: Maybe you're using video chat to get work done or connect with far-flung friends. No matter how much bandwidth you have, the lag between one ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Global network of solar-powered servers shows feasibility of climate-friendly 'natural intelligence'
The energy requirements of the Internet, the devices and systems using it and the servers that support it are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions equal to that of the global airline industry, and this carbon cost is ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Considering buying a smart device? To protect your security, ask yourself these five questions
Houses are getting smarter: smart thermostats manage our heating, while smart fridges can monitor our food consumption and help us order groceries. Some houses even have smart doorbells that tell us who is on our doorstep. ...
Feb 22, 2022
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The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic—but it may be for your own good
The router in your home might be intercepting some of your Internet traffic and sending it to a different destination. Specifically, the router can intercept the Domain Name System traffic—the communications used to translate ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Undersea internet cables connect Pacific islands to the world, but geopolitical tension is tugging at the wires
If you've ever emailed a resort in Fiji or Vanuatu about that long-awaited holiday, it's likely your email traveled through an undersea internet cable. Such cables carry much of the internet traffic around the globe, in conjunction ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Project Taara beams the Internet across the Congo River
A team of researchers at Alphabet's research and development company, X, working on what has been named Project Taara, has successfully set up a laser-based system for beaming the internet across the Congo River at speeds ...
Sep 17, 2021 report
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Computer scientist warns global internet is not prepared for a large solar storm
Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, a computer scientist at the University of California, Irvine, presented her findings last week at the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference regarding her concerns about vulnerability in the global ...
Aug 30, 2021 report
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Internet traffic
Internet traffic is the flow of data in the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks.
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