On Friday, a botnet army, launched from internet-enabled everyday things like printers and cameras, attacked and temporarily hobbled a critical part of the internet. Fortune’s John Jeff Roberts has a must-read take on what happened, what to do now, and who’s to blame. (Turns out, it’s partly you and me. Yikes.) That brought me back […]
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Major websites across the internet were unavailable to millions of users on Friday, as a massive cyber-attack shut down such popular destinations as PayPal, Netflix, Twitter, Reddit and Spotify. The attack employed thousands of web cameras, DVRs and other internet-enabled household devices, which were infected by malware. Internet security experts have long warned that devices
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Morning Reads: More Media […] An AT&T store is seen on 5th Avenue in New York on October 23, 2016. AT&T unveiled a mega-deal for Time Warner that would transform the telecom giant into a media-entertainment powerhouse. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) We produce this news digest every weekday. You can sign up to receive these updates
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During Friday’s massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on DNS service provider Dyn, one might be forgiven for mistaking the maps of network outages for images of some post-apocalyptic nuclear fallout. Screenshots from sites like downdetector.com showed menacingly red, fuzzy heat maps of, well, effectively just population centers of the United States experiencing serious
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With help from Eric Geller, Martin Matishak, Darren Samuelsohn and Li Zhou DNS UNDER DURESS — Friday’s massive, multi-part attack on the domain name system provider Dyn brought into stark relief the importance and fragility of the internet’s directory system, heightening fears that highly disruptive DDoS attacks will become more common. The digital assault —
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Fighting cybercrime is going to be a never ending battle,(Photo: iStockphoto) October is National Cyber Security Awareness month and a good time to consider what the threats to our cybersecurity are and what we can and should be doing about them. Sometimes it seems like the problems of cybersecurity are overwhelming, but with concerted efforts
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On Friday, access to major websites, including twitter, Netflix and the New York Times, was shut down as the result of a massive distributed denial-of-service attack just after 7 a.m. When Twitter couldn’t be reached officials originally thought that Donald Trump was simply sending out too many tweets complaining about media bias following his botched
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The attack on Dyn’s managed DNS services hit sites ranging from CNN to Twitter. Managed DNS provider Dyn was hit by a series of massive DDoS attacks on Friday, October 21, which left several major sites inaccessible for hours, including Box, CNN, HBO Now, PayPal, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify, Squarespace, Twitter, Weebly, Wired, Wix, Yelp, Zendesk
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In a new report, Nucleus Research identifies which of this year’s hot tech topics — including AI, IoT, security, and supply chains applications — will become even more focused and implementable in 2017. 6 Signs You Need A Multi-Cloud Strategy (Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Those enterprises and IT departments that believe they
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Last week, on Friday, a massive disturbed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack was made by hackers on Dyn, a company which provides core Internet services to websites like Spotify, Reddit, SoundCloud, and Twitter. This caused slowdown and even outages across various accounts, confusing users around the world. The attack was huge, disrupting some big-name consumer services like
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