AI crawlers haven't learned to play nice with websites
SourceHut says it's getting DDoSed by LLM bots
AI + ML18 Mar 2025 | 6
Networks
Google’s broadband balloon laser comms tech floated out as independent company
Another success for the 'Moonshot factory' and an extra rival for Starlink et al
Networks18 Mar 2025 | 19
RIP Mark Klein, the engineer who exposed US domestic spying ops after wiring it up
AT&T engineer, and the Deep Throat of the network age, dies at 79
Networks15 Mar 2025 | 38
Belgian cops raid Huawei in Euro bribery probe
Chinese giant says it's 'committed' to obeying the law as arrests made
Networks14 Mar 2025 | 11
New kids on the ransomware block channel Lockbit to raid Fortinet firewalls
It's March already and you haven't patched?
Cyber-crime14 Mar 2025 |
Need cash? Your IPv4 stash can now be collateral for $100M loans
Yeah, yeah ... if we were all exclusively on IPv6, this wouldn't be a thing. But here we are
Networks13 Mar 2025 | 31
Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too
Cyber-crime12 Mar 2025 | 5
Britain dusts off idle spectrum for rail and emergency comms
1900 MHz band dormant since Y2K, but not available until 2029
Networks11 Mar 2025 | 50
Vodafone: Be in the office 8 days a month or lose bonuses
Exclusive Staff warned that for Q1, non-compliance = 'Disciplinary action'
Networks10 Mar 2025 | 88
HPE revenue outlook feels the thump of Trump tariffs
Thousands brace for layoffs as shares slide 20%
On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 15
Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine
Increasingly shaky relationship with the States has Europe considering options
Networks07 Mar 2025 | 187
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 123
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
Software04 Mar 2025 | 66
Closing the digital divide with 5G FWA
How wireless can replace fiber for fast, cost-effective broadband deployments
Sponsored Feature
Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes
Why churn up roads when there's thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot?
Networks03 Mar 2025 | 84
Regional Internet Registries work to prevent one of their own going rogue
APRICOT There's a lot going on at the orgs who regulate IP addresses as they revisit global governance and new leadership comes to APNIC and LACNIC
Networks02 Mar 2025 |
Membership of New Zealand’s domain registry suddenly triples, which isn't entirely welcome
Free speech org criticized constitution and made hard-to-sustain accusations of possible censorship
Networks01 Mar 2025 | 33
Non-biz Skype kicks the bucket on May 5
Microsoft confirms you have 60 days to export your data or shift to Teams
Networks28 Feb 2025 | 102
30-year-old NHS supply chain system hit by 35 major alerts in 11 months
Updated Thousands of order lines not picked, causing delays to hospital deliveries
Applications27 Feb 2025 | 29
Tech jobs are now white-collar trades that need apprentices, not a career crawl
APRICOT With a generation of networking engineers set to retire, is this how to give their successors a faster start?
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 76
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Microsoft wouldn't look at a bug report without a video. Researcher maliciously complied
Maddening techno bass loop, Zoolander reference, and 14 minutes of time wasted
GitHub supply chain attack spills secrets from 23,000 projects
Large organizations among those cleaning up the mess
Court filing: DOGE aide broke Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted database
More light shed on what went down with Marko Elez, thanks to NY AG and co's lawsuit
Developer wrote a critical app and forgot where it ran – until it stopped running
Who, Me? What comes after testing in the software development lifecycle? Aaah, never mind ... let's skip to maintenance
FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to
Infosec In Brief PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware
'Dead simple' hijacking hole in Apache Tomcat 'now actively exploited in the wild'
Updated One PUT request, one poisoned session file, and the server’s yours
DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba's QwQ
Hands on How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC
Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to the cloud
Web souk says Echo hardware doesn't have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway
UK government to open £16B IT services competition after 6-month delay
Technology Services 4 framework expands by £4B, with procurement to begin this week
OK, Google: Are you killing Assistant and replacing it with Gemini?
Yes, we are. And we promise your 'Droid and smart home kit will get a 'new experience'
STORIES
FAA confirms it's testing Starlink, maybe for tasks Elon says Verizon is doing badly
Plus: Musk's biz empire reportedly pulled in $6B-plus from Uncle Sam last year
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 36
Wallbleed vulnerability unearths secrets of China's Great Firewall 125 bytes at a time
Boffins poked around inside censorship engines – here's what they found
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 38
Network edge? You get 64-bit Armv9 AI. You too, watches. And you, server remote management. And you...
Arm rolls out the Cortex-A320 for small embedded gear that dreams of big-model inference
Networks26 Feb 2025 | 6
London is bottom in Europe for 5G, while Europe lags the rest of the world
Plus: Fandroid alert – Android devices sometimes say '5G' when connecting to 4G
Networks25 Feb 2025 | 27
Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that
APRICOT Wants regulators and carriers to adopt Open Fibre Data Standard to answer questions like ‘Is that one fibre, or nine?’
Networks24 Feb 2025 | 10
Los Alamos boffins slap blinkers on satellites so we know who to blame in a crash
Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier no brighter than LED, but readable with telescopes
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 26
T-Mobile US puts NYC emergency services in the 5G fast lane with network slicing
Updated 911 gets VIP treatment in 'one of the most congested and demanding environments for connectivity'
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 9
ST Micro skips in, arm in arm with AWS, bearing a chip for 1.6 Tbps pluggable optics
It's Friday. Quit the doomscrolling. Distract yourself with IT infra news
Networks21 Feb 2025 | 6
Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec
FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups
Ransomware in Focus20 Feb 2025 | 7
A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive
Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid
On-Prem20 Feb 2025 | 12
US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law
That's the way the cookie melts
Cyber-crime20 Feb 2025 |
Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites
Because 4G notspots aren't much good to anyone
Networks19 Feb 2025 | 1
Mobile operators brace for bigger, faster headaches with 6G
NGMN reports what telcos want, but admits most can be delivered by 5G
Networks19 Feb 2025 | 47
SonicWall firewalls now under attack: Patch ASAP or risk intrusion via your SSL VPN
updated Roses are red, violets are blue, CVE-2024-53704 is sweet for a ransomware crew
Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
Voda-Three name post-merger top team, keep schtum on layoffs
Union estimates up to 1,600 job on the line
Networks14 Feb 2025 | 26
HPE says blocking Juniper buy is a sure Huawei to ensure China and Cisco thrive
Analyst argues stopping the deal benefits Switchzilla by preventing rise of strong challenger for AI networks
Networks14 Feb 2025 | 9
More victims of China's Salt Typhoon crew emerge: Telcos just now hit via Cisco bugs
Networks in US and beyond compromised by Beijing's super-snoops pulling off priv-esc attacks
Networks13 Feb 2025 | 5
Mysterious Palo Alto firewall reboots? You're not alone
Limited-edition hotfix to get wider release before end of month
Networks13 Feb 2025 | 6
Cisco says it’s already dug in to protect itself – and customers – if trade war breaks out
Also reckons it can dodge DOGE
Networks13 Feb 2025 | 4
Yup, AMD's Elba and Giglio definitely sound like they work corporate security
Which is why Cisco is adding these Pensando DPUs to more switches
Networks11 Feb 2025 | 3
UK, US, Oz blast holes in LockBit's bulletproof hosting provider Zservers
Huge if true: Brit Foreign Sec says Putin running a 'corrupt mafia state'
Cyber-crime11 Feb 2025 | 41
T-Mobile goes live with beta of satellite phone service for the US
Free text messages for users of its own and rival networks during test period
Personal Tech10 Feb 2025 | 23
Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age - with itself in the middle
Also claims it’s found DeepSeek-eque optimizations that reduce AI infrastructure requirements
Networks10 Feb 2025 | 10
Openreach tests 50 Gbps broadband – don’t expect it anytime soon
Download speeds of 41.9 Gbps and upload speeds of 20.6 Gbps achieved, claims BT division
Networks06 Feb 2025 | 37
Robocallers who phoned the FCC pretending to be from the FCC land telco in trouble
Don't laugh: The $4.5m fine proposed for carrier Telnyx shows how the Trump administration will run its comms regulator
Networks06 Feb 2025 | 30
Cisco patches two critical Identity Services Engine flaws
One gives root access, the other lets you steal info and reconfig nodes, in the right (or should that be wrong) circumstances
Networks05 Feb 2025 |
Boeing, Boeing, burned: Over half a billion dollars by Starliner in 2024
More Catastrophic Capsule than Calamity Capsule for Boeing's beancounters
Public Sector05 Feb 2025 | 31
Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK
Everybody is going to play nice, OK?
Networks04 Feb 2025 | 34
Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash
Updated Canadian province 'won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy'
Networks03 Feb 2025 | 103
Motorola appeal over £200M price cap for Airwave service rejected
Profiteering from emergency services comms network in Britain? Not anymore, says CMA
Networks03 Feb 2025 | 19
CompSci teacher sets lab task: Accidentally breaking the university
Who, Me? Hey! Teacher! Leave our network alone!
Networks03 Feb 2025 | 52
BT fiber rollout passes 17 million homes, altnet challenge grows
Only 35% of those premises actually hooked up though, plus company reports 'higher competitor losses'
Networks31 Jan 2025 | 79
Vodafone aims to offer satellite-to-phone connectivity starting later this year
Space 5G should reach regular smartphones in rural area notspots
Networks30 Jan 2025 | 11
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet
And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy
CSO29 Jan 2025 | 4
Hyperoptic customers left in dark as power outage takes down systems
What falls down and doesn't get back up? Full fiber broadband in Glasgow
Networks29 Jan 2025 | 10
Zyxel firewalls borked by buggy update, on-site access required for fix
Boxes stuck in boot loops and various other malfunctions
Networks27 Jan 2025 | 14
Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotage
NATO increasing patrols in the Baltic as region awaits navy drones
Networks27 Jan 2025 | 64
Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet
Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia...
Networks25 Jan 2025 | 78
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 | 7
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 | 147
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 | 111
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 | 98
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 | 62
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 | 265
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 | 13
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 | 26
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 | 131
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
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 | 35
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 | 74
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 | 55
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 | 11
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