Who is DDoSing you? Rivals, probably, or cheesed-off users
Plus: 'Largest-ever' duff traffic tsunami clocks in at 5.6 Tbps
Networks23 Jan 2025 | 6
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Trump hits undo on Biden AI safety order, EV mandate, emissions standards, and more
Also, prepare for paused wind projects and the Gulf of America from Trump 2.0 – and that's just day 1
Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 155
How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish
Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian
Networks20 Jan 2025 | 110
BT unplugs plans to turn old cabinets into EV chargepoints
Your battery might be flat, but the Wi-Fi signal is going to be great
Personal Tech20 Jan 2025 | 97
OpenAI's ChatGPT crawler can be tricked into DDoSing sites, answering your queries
The S in LLM stands for Security
AI + ML19 Jan 2025 | 31
FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it
Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping
CSO17 Jan 2025 | 29
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door
With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to £1.4B
Networks17 Jan 2025 | 61
Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog
Regulator asks people to link their credit cards, mobile accounts, or face scans for smut use to protect kids
Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 258
Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year
US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts
Cyber-crime15 Jan 2025 | 12
FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America
Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn!
Cyber-crime14 Jan 2025 | 31
Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used
Updated Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg
Networks14 Jan 2025 | 25
NATO's newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack
'Sweden has changed,' PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts
Networks13 Jan 2025 | 52
Pornhub lockdown and fact-free Zuckbots – welcome to 2025
Opinion Think you're good at spotting trends? Try these on for size
Networks13 Jan 2025 | 132
Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases
Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US
Cyber-crime10 Jan 2025 | 7
Scammers exploit UK's digital landline switch to swipe cash
Old deadline of January 2025 being used to push victims into paying up
Networks10 Jan 2025 | 37
Is that a bird’s nest, a wireless broadband base station, or both?
Everything in Australia is deadly, in this case giant eagles guarding eggs in places wireless broadband techs need to reach
Offbeat10 Jan 2025 | 66
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...
Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers
Legal09 Jan 2025 | 89
Never mind those Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades
Salt Typhoon? Unpatched network kit? Sorry, I think you're breaking up
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 6
Akamai to quit its CDN in China, seemingly not due to trouble from Beijing
Security and cloud compute have so much more upside than the boring business of shifting bits
Security08 Jan 2025 | 4
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit
Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 15
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Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out?
Opinion As Microsoft, Apple, and Google switch the tech on by default, what happened to asking for permission first?
FortiGate config leaks: Victims' email addresses published online
Experts warn not to take SNAFU lightly as years-long compromises could remain undetected
Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful
x86 behemoth calls the approach 'innovative' - DIY builders may disagree
Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim
Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks
VMware users gripe over 3-year commitment to renew licenses
Chips and software giant Broadcom says it's 'flexible and open' on licensing terms, but customers disagree
OpenZFS 2.3 is here, with RAID expansion and faster dedup
Coming soon to April's TrueNAS SCALE release, dubbed 'Fangtooth'
Court rules FISA Section 702 surveillance of US resident was unconstitutional
'Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying' says judge
Musk torches $500B Stargate AI plan, Altman strikes back
Updated OpenAI boss tell world's richest man money is there to fund infrastructure project
Asus lets processor security fix slip out early, AMD confirms patch in progress
Answers on a postcard to what 'Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability' might mean
Who is DDoSing you? Rivals, probably, or cheesed-off users
Plus: 'Largest-ever' duff traffic tsunami clocks in at 5.6 Tbps
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UK gives Openreach £289M for 4 rural broadband contracts in 'gigabit by 2030' push
Updated Nation's dominant broadband plumber wins ahead of altnets
Networks07 Jan 2025 | 34
Eutelsat OneWeb blames 366th day for 48-hour date disaster
Leap year curse strikes satellite broadband vendor
Networks06 Jan 2025 | 62
After China's Salt Typhoon, the reconstruction starts now
Opinion If 40 years of faulty building gets blown down, don’t rebuild with the rubble
Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 41
Taiwan reportedly claims China-linked ship damaged one of its submarine cables
More evidence of Beijing’s liking for gray zone warfare, or a murky claim with odd African entanglements?
Security06 Jan 2025 | 13
Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%'
State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is
Personal Tech05 Jan 2025 | 113
Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says
interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business
Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 72
FCC net neutrality rules dead again as appeals court sides with Big Telco
No more back-and-forth: Rosenworcel tells Congress the issue needs legislating
Networks02 Jan 2025 | 26
Will 2025 be the year satellite-to-smartphone services truly take off?
Analysis Connectivity direct to unmodified mobes looms, thanks to Starlink and co
Networks02 Jan 2025 | 39
Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d'refresh
40% of world's servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE
On-Prem02 Jan 2025 | 14
Next-gen Wi-Fi to trade ludicrous speed for the boring art of actually working
Eighth generation of the standard is all about ultra reliability
Networks02 Jan 2025 | 40
Can 4G feature phones rise again on the back of QVGA, thin clients, and remote browsers?
The developer of the Puffin Browser thinks so – and has a million users to show for it
Personal Tech02 Jan 2025 | 32
US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump's AT&T call logs arrested
Brings the arrest count related to the Snowflake hacks to 3
Cyber-crime01 Jan 2025 | 16
Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine
Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest
Networks01 Jan 2025 | 19
Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights
Video Rob Joyce explains how it's done
Security25 Dec 2024 | 42
Taiwan in talks to tap Amazon's Project Kuiper space broadband
In case of submarine cable failure, call Jeff Bezos
Networks18 Dec 2024 | 6
Europe signs off on €10.6B IRIS² satellite broadband deal
Service promised by 2030 for bloc's take on Starlink
Networks16 Dec 2024 | 41
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa
Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 54
Contrary to some, traceroute is very real – I should know, I helped make it work
Systems Approach Gather around the fire for another retelling of computer networking history
Networks14 Dec 2024 | 76
Iran-linked crew used custom 'cyberweapon' in US critical infrastructure attacks
IOCONTROL targets IoT and OT devices from a ton of makers, apparently
Research13 Dec 2024 | 15
Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections
Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though
Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 24
Backup failed, but the boss didn't slam IT – because his son was to blame
On Call ISP deserves criticism too for falling over after script kiddie beefing
Networks13 Dec 2024 | 31
FCC throws open 6 GHz band to unlicensed low-power gizmos
Good news for techies pushing 'education, healthcare, and entertainment' gadgets in the US
Networks12 Dec 2024 | 13
Cruise shutdown blastzone increases – Microsoft takes $800M charge
General Motors pulling the plug on autonomous taxi biz hits Redmond in the wallet
AI + ML12 Dec 2024 | 20
Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers
Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands
Networks11 Dec 2024 | 34
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets?
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
Mysterious outbreak with high fatality rate in the DRC could imperil tech supply chains
Is the industry ready to be tested if the unidentified deadly pathogen spreads beyond rural Kwango Province?
Science09 Dec 2024 | 48
Panic at the Cisco tech, thanks to ancient IOS syntax helper that outsmarted itself
Who, Me? Misplaced shortcut led to communication breakdown
Networks09 Dec 2024 | 71
Huawei handed 2,596,148,429,267,413,
814,265,248,164,610,048 IPv6 addresses
That's 2.56 decillion of them, destined for use in CDNs and the cloud – and APNIC needed 83 decillion more to handle the request
Networks06 Dec 2024 | 89
Vodafone and Three permitted to tie the knot – if they promise to behave
Merger will create third large operator in UK mobile market
Networks05 Dec 2024 | 41
NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines
Floating the idea of a robot navy
Networks05 Dec 2024 | 10
T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way 'I've not seen in my career'
Interview Security chief talks to El Reg as Feds urge everyone to use encrypted chat
CSO05 Dec 2024 | 54
NetAdmin learns that wooden chocks, unlike swipe cards, open doors when networks can't
Who, Me? Burglary skills are surprisingly important when building networks
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 94
Submarine cable resilience board announced on same day maybe-cut-by-China Baltic cable repaired
ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 26
Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware
'Forever unbrickable' Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 52
Tech support chap showed boss how to use a browser for a year – he still didn't get it
On Call Every time he needed help, he'd use a loudspeaker to ask for it
Networks29 Nov 2024 | 207
AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point
SC24 Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat
The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond28 Nov 2024 | 6
T-Mobile US takes a victory lap after stopping cyberattacks: 'Other providers may be seeing different outcomes'
Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do
CSO27 Nov 2024 | 9
Starlink gets FCC nod for space calls, but can't dial up full power
Authorization conditional on operations not causing harmful interference
Networks27 Nov 2024 | 35
UK financial regulator slammed for failed tech transformation
Poor software projects among efforts to overhaul FCA that came up short, MPs find
Public Sector27 Nov 2024 | 7
Google to wrap up Christmas Island with new subsea cable
Connection will tie remote territory to Darwin in North Australia
Networks27 Nov 2024 | 11
Trump tariffs transform into bigger threats for Mexico, Canada than China
America's neighbors now face 25% because of fentanyl and immigration, China just 10% on top of existing duties
Systems26 Nov 2024 | 275
China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads
'Global Scheduling Ethernet' looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on
Networks26 Nov 2024 | 1
Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a 'silly narrative'
Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites?
Networks25 Nov 2024 | 63
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets
Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs
Networks25 Nov 2024 | 52
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon
Opinion Haven't we heard this story before?
Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 77
1,000s of Palo Alto Networks firewalls hijacked as miscreants exploit critical hole
Updated PAN-PAN! Intruders inject web shell backdoors, crypto-coin miners, more
CSO22 Nov 2024 | 22
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest
Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was 'minimal'
Networks21 Nov 2024 | 47
Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet
After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice
Networks21 Nov 2024 | 9
We'll answer any questions DoJ has, HPE CEO tells us as Feds probe $14B Juniper buy
Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year
Networks20 Nov 2024 | 11
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to take off
If only the company in the title knew how to scale servers in the cloud
Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 42
Europe glances Russia's way after Baltic Sea data cables severed
Updated Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania
Networks19 Nov 2024 | 58
T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears
updated Un-carrier said to be among those hit by Salt Typhoon, including AT&T, Verizon
Networks18 Nov 2024 | 2
Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair
Likely to look more favorably on Elon's adventures in space-based comms
Networks18 Nov 2024 | 35
Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit
Yank access to management interface, stat
CSO15 Nov 2024 | 28
UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita's £130M smart meter splurge
Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout
Networks15 Nov 2024 | 174
Reminder: China-backed crews compromised 'multiple' US telcos in 'significant cyber espionage campaign'
Updated Feds don't name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band's alleged deeds
Research14 Nov 2024 | 5
Brit telcos to clash in high-speed mmWave spectrum showdown next year
Ofcom opens floodgates for turbocharged 5G in cities
Networks13 Nov 2024 | 14
Verizon wobbles on the East Coast, outage cuts off night owls
T-Mobile US and Comcast also stutter slightly
Networks12 Nov 2024 | 4
Watchdog reluctantly blesses Vodafone-Three merger – with strings attached
Enough to knit a sweater, in fact
Networks12 Nov 2024 | 43
Cisco combines Meraki and Catalyst into single wireless brand
Simplifies licenses and adds more 'included value' such as compulsory support
Networks11 Nov 2024 | 12
AT&T settles claims it misappropriated subsidies, with partial admission of guilt
Changes at the telco giant called for to prevent future abuse
Networks06 Nov 2024 | 5
Your air fryer might be snitching on you to China
Report shines light on unexpected ways your devices sell you out
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 181
Japan's wooden cube-shaped satellite rockets to space
Wooden datacenters? Japan can build spacecraft out of the stuff
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 24
UK watchdog hints Voda-Three merger will likely pass
Game of Phones settles into its final chapter
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 36
Former Facebook lobbyist joins UK comms regulator as non-exec director
Updated Who better to watch the watchmen?
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 16
Broadcom juices VeloCloud SD-WAN for AI networking
VMware Explore VeloRAIN architecture improves service for fat workloads on the edge
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 1
Singapore to increase road capacity by tracking all vehicles with GPS
ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: China Unicom auctions off old cables; Japan's My Number Card also soon a driver's license; and Hong Kong chief executive warns US investment ban will backfire
Personal Tech03 Nov 2024 | 16
No-Nvidias networking club convenes in search of open GPU interconnect
Ultra Accelerator Link consortium promises 200 gigabits per second per lane spec will debut in Q1 2025
Networks30 Oct 2024 | 2
xAI picked Ethernet over InfiniBand for its H100 Colossus training cluster
Work already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips
Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4
FCC chair: Mobile dead spots will end when space-based and ground comms merge
Jessica Rosenworcel looks at policy challenges for the next decade
Networks29 Oct 2024 | 4
Half the world's online via mobile, but growth is slowing
Nearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says
Networks28 Oct 2024 | 7
Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess
Opinion HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme
Columnists28 Oct 2024 | 126
I made this network so resilient nothing could possibly go wro...
Who, Me? All the redundancy in the world can't help a 'brown trouser' mistake
Networks28 Oct 2024 | 103
'Consent' LinkedIn used for data processing was not freely given, says Ireland
Microsoft-owned social media for suits site gets €310M fine, told to get compliant
Networks25 Oct 2024 | 12
Boffins explore cell signals as potential GPS alternative
Team sends a flying cooler packed with DIY tech 15 miles up for the test
Science23 Oct 2024 | 28
SuperHTML is here to rescue you from syntax errors, and it's FOSS
Author would like to see a switch back to plain old static HTML. Us too
Applications23 Oct 2024 | 100
IPv6 may already be irrelevant – but so is moving off IPv4, argues APNIC's chief scientist
There was always more pressing work to do than migrate, and CDNs have changed the rules
Networks23 Oct 2024 | 125
Linux admin asked savvy scientist for IT help and the boffin blew it
Who, Me? In science, every day is about testing hypotheses. Such as: 'plugging this thing in here is OK, right?'
Networks21 Oct 2024 | 93
Yes, your network is down – you annoyed us so much we crashed it
On Call If you bluff your way out of unpaid bills, there's a chance someone could call you on it
Networks18 Oct 2024 | 205
Elon Musk's disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype?
Opinion When you look behind the headlines, you'll find unfulfilled commitments
Networks17 Oct 2024 | 95
Biting the hand that feeds IT
