Tag: Internet

June 17, 2019

Internet pioneer Dr. Paul Vixie wishes people would stop ignoring his advice and start taking security seriously. “I am complaining about too many things,” he tells me. “It couldn’t be as bad as I say it is. Except it is.” […]

June 12, 2019

Every time you connect to the internet from a computer, tablet or smartphone, there is a growing risk of cyberattack. If the threat is aimed at your workplace, then the entire organization around you could be vulnerable as well and, […]

April 22, 2019

Back in 2014, I wrote an article that highlighted that global Internet routing table passed the 512,000 or 512k route mark. Today we know that another significant milestone has been reached, as we passed the 768,000 or 768k route mark! […]

April 8, 2019

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is considered the glue of the internet. If we view through the lens of farsightedness, however, there’s a question that still remains unanswered for the future. Will BGP have the ability to route on the best […]

February 20, 2019

Companies have been adding internet of things (IoT) devices to their networks over the past few years, often increasing their exposure on the internet. This has led to a rise in botnets that specialize in exploiting insecure configurations and vulnerabilities […]

February 18, 2019

Are you tired of watching funny cat or dog videos yet? How about your favorite TV show or a movie on your smart TV or personal devices? Or playing Fortnite? Or being able to grab your laptop and take it […]

February 7, 2019

With exponential growth in Internet users and applications, data center traffic continues to experience explosive growth. Driven by increases in social networking, data and video content delivery, along with demanding business applications, are now pushing beyond the speed limits of […]

November 23, 2018

ZTE said that it has completed a 5G Call, Internet and WeChat Connection, marking another milestone in 5G commercial use. ZTE Mobile Devices is expected to launch its first commercial 5G smartphone within the first half of 2019. In April […]

October 12, 2018

So far, so good. That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) […]

September 19, 2018

In a few months, the internet will be a more secure place. That’s because the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to go ahead with the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the […]

September 5, 2018

Ready or not, the upgrade to an important internet security operation may soon be launched. Then again, it might not. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will meet the week of Sept. 17 and will likely decide […]

August 20, 2018

5G is more than just faster wireless service. It is transformative. It will transform the way we use wireless and expand what we can do over it. Over the next few years, 5G wireless will open new doors and create […]

May 2, 2018

Dr. Vanessa Teague is one frustrated cryptographer. A researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Teague has twice demonstrated massive security flaws in the online voting systems used in state elections in Australia — including one of the largest […]

April 4, 2018

A massive internet blackout similar to the Dyn DNS outage in 2016 could easily happen again, despite relatively low-cost countermeasures, according to a new study out of Harvard University. The DDoS attack on Dyn took many major web sites offline […]

January 4, 2018

This holiday season, the Internet of Toys brings a new twist to the world of technology and children. While the connectivity and “intelligence” of these new and exciting interactive toys are amazing, they are also their greatest weakness. It’s important to be […]

June 23, 2017

When measuring internet performance, there are two basic metrics, speed and quality. Speed is pretty straightforward: How much throughput can I get between two devices? Throughput is typically measured using TCP and hopefully with very little disk interaction, since your […]

June 13, 2017

The Internet is global in spirit. But the traffic associated with it is increasingly local in nature, as we found in our recent VNI study. Consider a typical Internet user in North America. Today, over a third (35%) of the […]

May 19, 2017

Ericsson said that it will further strengthen the global Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem with Microsoft by enabling enterprises to speed up the time it takes to launch mobile network-based IoT services. Ericsson IoT Accelerator allows enterprises to deploy their […]

May 18, 2017

Sprint said it will launch a Category 1 LTE network within the next three months, and will follow up with Category M1 technology deployed throughout its network by the middle of next year. Category 1 LTE, which is part of […]

May 2, 2017

Hacking and malware remain the primary vectors for cybersecurity attacks, according to the new Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, and internet of things security is increasingly top-of-mind in the wake of a number of high-profile breaches late last year. The 10th […]