Polish cops bust alleged teen DDoS kit sellers – youngest just 12
Kids profited from tools used to attack popular websites, say officials
Cyber-crime10 Mar 2026 | 4
Networks
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract
Who, Me? Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss
Networks09 Mar 2026 | 29
Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack
Switchzilla says flaws could allow file overwrites or privilege escalation
Cyber-crime06 Mar 2026 | 4
Techie was given strict instructions not to disrupt client. Then he touched one box and the lights went out
On Call Discovering, and explaining, the bizarre cause was harder than the job he was sent to do
On-Prem06 Mar 2026 | 118
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations
Updated FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things
Networks05 Mar 2026 | 26
MoJ puts Prisoner Telephony Service replacement on hold yet again
Project dialed back, BT asked to keep current system for another 54 months
Networks05 Mar 2026 | 17
Users fume at Outlook.com email 'carnage'
Updated Email flow slowed or stopped by mysterious forces at Microsoft
Networks04 Mar 2026 | 109
Huawei pushes networks toward AI-driven intelligence at MWC Barcelona 2026
Carrier infrastructure moves beyond connectivity to integrate AI functions at the heart of network operations
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European Space Agency and China both achieve gigabit links to geostationary satellites
Raises hopes birds 40,000km away can be reprogrammed, for science or military purposes
Networks04 Mar 2026 | 8
Facebook went down for about three hours, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business
Updated Go outside and smell some flowers
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 26
Accenture down to buy Downdetector as part of $1.2 billion deal
The deal includes all Ookla assets including Speedtest, Ekahau, and RootMetrics
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 26
Western governments seek to lock down 6G before it even exists
Telecoms coalition wants to avoid another 5G-style vendor scramble with early security guardrails
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 20
Vodafone to use Amazon sats for cell backhaul in remote parts of Europe, Africa
From Bavarian Alps to Congo basin and other places where laying cable is a PITA
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 6
Nvidia burns $4B to light up American photonics manufacturing
Coherent, Lumentum each walk away with $2B in cash and a multi-billion purchase commitment
Networks02 Mar 2026 |
Qualcomm, Nvidia ready for 'AI-native' 6G, if only the world knew what it was
Meanwhile, formal 6G specs are still in the works
Networks02 Mar 2026 | 14
Iran all but vanishes from the global internet amid US-Israel strikes
Official monitoring shows connectivity collapsing to near-zero
Networks02 Mar 2026 | 105
Five Eyes warn: Patch your Cisco SD-WAN or risk root takeover
A rare joint alert from all five spy agencies means serious business
Networks26 Feb 2026 | 10
Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool's Day
No, customers aren't laughing either as pressure from memory shortages bites
On-Prem24 Feb 2026 | 36
O say, can you see: FCC pushes patriotic programming for US 250th
Stations urged to mark milestone with pro-America content
Offbeat23 Feb 2026 | 67
Suspected Anonymous members detained in Spain over post-flood DDoS blitz
Quartet accused of attacking public institutions, claiming the government was responsible for 2024 tragedy
Cyber-crime23 Feb 2026 | 3
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FBI is investigating breach that may have hit its wiretapping tools
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk
Iran is the first out-loud cyberwar the US has fought
Kettle Cyber is no longer the hush-hush thing it used to be, as team Trump invades Iran with hackers taking the lead
Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract
Who, Me? Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss
AI vs AI: Agent hacked McKinsey's chatbot and gained full read-write access in just two hours
David and Goliath…but with AI agents
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is
Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late
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Ofcom's grumble-o-meter lights up for EE, TalkTalk, Vodafone
Q3 figures show the trio drawing the most broadband complaints per 100,000 customers
Personal Tech21 Feb 2026 | 32
India’s top telco tackles AI with $110 billion build plan and proven fast market dominance playbook
Reliance Jio used super-cheap plans and own-brand phones to conquer
AI + ML20 Feb 2026 | 6
Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes
National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours
Cyber-crime18 Feb 2026 | 7
Europe's 5G Standalone stall risks falling behind US, Asia
Report warns delayed rollouts could widen capability gap as new standards emerge
Networks18 Feb 2026 | 25
Palo Alto CEO says AI isn’t great for business, yet
Sees little enterprise AI adoption other than coding assistants, buys Koi for what comes next
Security18 Feb 2026 | 4
Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors
To advance the ‘ambient internet of things’ – no batteries required
Networks17 Feb 2026 | 14
Cisco set to release home-brew hypervisor as a VMware alternative
Only for its own comms apps – whose users can probably do without a full private cloud
Virtualization16 Feb 2026 | 15
Log files that describe the history of the internet are disappearing. A new project hopes to save them
APRICOT 2026 The Internet History Initiative wants future historians to have a chance to understand how human progress and technical progress align
Networks14 Feb 2026 | 25
MPs brand NS&I's £3B IT overhaul a 'full-spectrum disaster'
Watchdog says savings bank botched tech revamp, warning taxpayers remain exposed after years of delays
Networks13 Feb 2026 | 34
Multistakeholder internet governance can be messy. APNIC wants it that way
APRICOT 2026 Regional internet registry that serves half of humanity wants more perspectives in more languages
Networks13 Feb 2026 | 4
UK unveils telecoms charter to curb mid-contract bill shocks
Legal teeth sold separately
Networks12 Feb 2026 | 28
Starlink speeds past terrestrial networks – and regulators
APRICOT 2026 Low-earth orbit broadband is a no-brainer for remote area connectivity, but a brain teaser for lawmakers and networkers
Networks12 Feb 2026 | 64
Cisco hikes prices to cover memory cost rises, says you don’t much care
Switchzilla is only getting a small slice of the AI boom, but sees a campus refresh wave cresting
Networks12 Feb 2026 | 4
T-Mobile announces its network is now full of AI by rolling out real-time translation
This AI is so network native, the telco tells us, that it all works on existing hardware - no datacenters involved
Networks11 Feb 2026 | 12
Open Compute taps IOWN to help design distributed datacenters and a 'computing continuum'
Because AI won’t only run in Big Tech’s giant GPU garages, and won't tolerate slow connections
Edge + IoT11 Feb 2026 |
Cisco looses Splunk to probe and tame its growing agentic menagerie
Just change the name to CAIsco already, Chuck
Networks11 Feb 2026 | 6
AFRINIC says it's back on track and will soon deliver the plan that proves it
APRICOT 2026 As the governance policy designed to protect regional internet registries nears completion
Networks10 Feb 2026 | 2
Singapore spent 11 months booting China-linked snoops out of telco networks
Operation Cyber Guardian involved 100-plus staff across government and industry
Cyber-crime10 Feb 2026 | 7
AI vastly reduced stress of IPv6 migrations in university experiment
APRICOT 2026 Leaving you to worry about the effects on your team, vendor lock-in, tokenomics, and more
Networks10 Feb 2026 | 34
Cisco challenges Broadcom, Nvidia with a 102.4T switch of its own
Switchzilla leans on P4 programmability and revamped congestion controls to differentiate its latest Silicon One ASIC
Networks10 Feb 2026 |
Dijkstra’s algorithm won’t be replaced in production routers any time soon
Systems Approach Researchers have found a new approach to finding shortest paths, but it's complex
Networks10 Feb 2026 | 41
Matrix is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all
Networks09 Feb 2026 | 25
Openreach turns up the heat to force laggards off legacy copper lines
Half a million businesses face successive price hikes ahead of PTSN shutdown
Networks07 Feb 2026 | 121
CISA orders federal agencies to rip out EOL edge kit before cybercrooks move in
A year to replace end-of-support firewalls, routers, and VPN gateways
Networks06 Feb 2026 | 6
Netlife Ecuador partners with ZTE to advance smart cloud platform deployment and accelerate smart home innovation
Commercial rollout boosts after-sales efficiency and strengthens smart home security
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Italy claims cyberattacks 'of Russian origin' are pelting Winter Olympics
Right on cue, petulant hacktivists attempt to disrupt yet another global sporting event
Cyber-crime05 Feb 2026 | 33
CISA updated ransomware intel on 59 bugs last year without telling defenders
GreyNoise's Glenn Thorpe counts the cost of missed opportunities
CSO03 Feb 2026 | 4
Polish cops bail 20-year-old bedroom botnet operator
DDoSer of 'strategically important' websites admitted to most charges
Cyber-crime03 Feb 2026 | 4
Backblaze says AI traffic and neoclouds could shape future networks
The western US saw the most activity overall
Networks30 Jan 2026 |
Internet spent Q4 '25 losing fights with cables, power, and itself
Latest data from Cloudflare shows cable cuts, power failures, and network faults drive steady run of internet outages
Networks26 Jan 2026 | 1
Three is the magic number for Alaska Airlines: triple redundancy
Thankfully they only sufffered two outages in 2025. And now it has flown in experts to play with configurations
PaaS + IaaS26 Jan 2026 | 14
Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch
Fix didn't quite do the job – attackers spotted logging in
CSO23 Jan 2026 | 3
EU's Digital Networks Act sets telcos squabbling before the ink is dry
Comms harmonization plan already drawing fire from operators and Big Tech alike
Networks22 Jan 2026 | 12
Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers
Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade
Patches22 Jan 2026 | 46
Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day
The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover
Networks22 Jan 2026 | 1
AI networking startup Upscale AI scores $200M to challenge Nvidia's NVSwitch
Plans to swing SkyHammer silicon into UALink switches later this year
Networks22 Jan 2026 |
EU considers whether there's Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years
Still dominant in Germany's networks, among others
Networks21 Jan 2026 | 16
Akamai CEO wants help to defeat piracy, reckons he can handle edge AI alone
Interview OG CDN boss says fighting illegal streams is about stopping criminals cashing in, not free speech
Legal20 Jan 2026 | 12
AIS and ZTE achieve AIR RAN commercialization for differentiated experience at Thailand BMMF#15
AIR RAN delivers premium 5G experience monetization and zero-lag performance at Thailand’s largest music festival
Partner Content
Lawmakers urge FTC to probe Trump Mobile over 'deceptive' marketing
Gold phone more like fool's gold as none show up six months later
Personal Tech16 Jan 2026 | 70
Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon
You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion ... or a bad day for UALink
Systems15 Jan 2026 |
France fines telcos €42M for sub-par security prior to 24M customer breach
Three major GDPR violations, including a lack of basic security controls, lead to hefty dent in profits
Cyber-crime14 Jan 2026 | 10
Buy servers now or cry later: DRAM price spike threatens infrastructure budgets
Component up 63% since September, more pricey memory coming to a supply chain near you
Storage14 Jan 2026 | 11
CTECC and ZTE Redefine Disaster Response with Air-Space-Ground Intelligent Emergency System
Integrated UAV, satellite and ground networks restore connectivity during the critical 72-hour rescue window
Partner Content
ZTE recognized on CDP Climate A ist for third consecutive year, ranking among the global top 4%
ZTE’s sustained climate leadership reflects strong governance and measurable green outcomes
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Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’
Legal12 Jan 2026 | 158
Help desk read irrelevant script, so techies found and fixed their own problem
On Call As you should, when being told the only remedy is deleting everything and starting again
Security09 Jan 2026 | 117
Iran’s internet goes dark amid mass protests, reports of violent government response
Outages hit Russia and Ukraine, too
Networks09 Jan 2026 | 31
Trump spectrum sale leaves airlines with $4.5B bill for altimeter do-over
Just refreshed to avoid 5G interference? Do it again, FAA tells industry, as Upper C-band auction looms
Networks08 Jan 2026 | 31
Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action
Networks08 Jan 2026 | 14
UK's long-delayed Emergency Services Network eyes satellites for help
Direct-to-device services from low Earth orbit floated to plug coverage gaps
Public Sector05 Jan 2026 | 9
Finnish cops grill crew of ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage
EU 'closely monitoring' along with NATO as state action suspected but not confirmed
Networks02 Jan 2026 | 55
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns
Move will see spacecraft shift from 550 km to 480 km as collision risks rise
Networks02 Jan 2026 | 51
Satellite radio transmissions are jamming telescopes and driving astronomers batty
Interview 'What do we need to do better?' El Reg talks to comms boss about the problem
Science01 Jan 2026 | 22
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
Feature The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant
Networks31 Dec 2025 | 241
Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
Feature Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground
PaaS + IaaS29 Dec 2025 | 60
Coming Wi-Fi 8 will bring reliability rather than greater speed
Smarter access-point handoffs, better scheduling, fewer stalls
Networks26 Dec 2025 | 41
France’s post office partly offline for over 12 hours after 'major network incident'
Might be Le Grinch, or a DDoS, but it's taking a while to fix
Public Sector23 Dec 2025 | 8
WatchGuard sounds alarm as critical Firebox flaw comes under active attack
Newly disclosed vulnerability already being abused, users urged to lock down exposed firewalls
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 14
UK prepares to wave goodbye to 3G telecoms as tri-hard tech retires
Virgin Media the last to go as users of older mobiles warned to upgrade
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 82
User found two reasons – both of them wrong – to dispute tech support's diagnosis
On Call Hey, teacher, leave that cabling alone
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 135
Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco, contributing to two deaths
Optus gave bad instructions, staff didn’t escalate their concerns
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 47
China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET
Beijing wants to 'seize the initiative in the international competition in cyberspace'
Networks19 Dec 2025 | 49
Mobile industry says energy targets are meaningless without common metrics
NGMN warns fragmented standards leave operators guessing about power use
Networks18 Dec 2025 | 3
Brit broadband grilling descends into farce over targets and definitions
MPs press minister for answers – and get few
Networks18 Dec 2025 | 41
United Nations agrees to persist with multi-stakeholder internet governance
World Summit on the Information Society resolves the world needs a permanent forum to discuss how we manage the 'Net
Public Sector18 Dec 2025 | 8
UK plans right for flat owners to demand gigabit broadband
Changes to Electronic Communications Code would bypass landlord objections to fiber installations
Networks17 Dec 2025 | 49
Cisco decides its homegrown AI model is ready to power its products
Apparently you’re about to get better advice on any identity issues lurking in your infrastructure
AI + ML17 Dec 2025 | 9
Ofcom comes knocking after BT, Three mobile outages cut 999 access
Watchdog reviews if failures breached availability rules after downtime left millions unable to make calls
Networks16 Dec 2025 | 26
Bot invasion increases with Google scraping the way, Cloudflare says
Mobile traffic now accounts for nearly half of requests
Networks15 Dec 2025 | 4
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul
Public Sector15 Dec 2025 | 7
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
Networks15 Dec 2025 | 88
UK moves to strengthen undersea cable defenses as Russian snooping ramps up
Atlantic Bastion combines AI systems with warships to counter increased surveillance
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 22
Kyocera claims 5.2 Gbps underwater laser data blast in lab tests
Japanese outfit aims to improve comms for aquatic drones
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 14
Untrained techie broke the rules, made a mistake, and found a better way to work
Who, Me? Ignorance really can be bliss
On-Prem08 Dec 2025 | 47
China’s first reusable rocket explodes, but its onboard Ethernet network flew
Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea to strengthen security standards; Canon closes Chinese printer plant; APAC datacenter capacity to triple by 2029; And more
Networks08 Dec 2025 | 19
Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance
Updated The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts
Networks05 Dec 2025 | 59
HPE's server and hybrid cloud revenue go into reverse amid historical hardware splurge
Never mind, says jolly green giant, we’re a networking-centric company now
Systems05 Dec 2025 | 2
Sorry, but your glitchy connection might have cost you that job
Technical problems on video calls can cause uncanniness, which influences real-world decisions
Networks04 Dec 2025 | 57
Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet
Cloudflare data shows 29.7 Tbps record-breaker landed amid 87% surge in network-layer attacks
Cyber-crime04 Dec 2025 | 21
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