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Mass hijack of insecure embedded devices demo for Internet scanning project
An anonymous researcher created a massive botnet by hijacking about 420,000 Internet-accessible embedded devices with default or no login passwords and used it to map the entire Internet.
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PlusNet trials carrier-grade NAT to delay IPv4 depletion
UK internet service provider PlusNet is looking for volunteers among its customers to test out a new carrier-grade NAT (network address translation) system to cope with the dwindling supply of IPv4 addresses.
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IPv6 can boost mobile performance and battery, proponents say
IPv6, the next version of the Internet Protocol, could make life easier and battery life longer for electronics-addicted consumers.
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UK IPv6 body wound up over government 'indifference'
The body set up to encourage companies to move towards IPv6 network adoption has been shut down in protest at UK government "indifference" to its work.
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Akamai adapts websites to mobile with new content delivery optimisation
Akamai Techologies has launched a service for adapting websites to the device used to access them, which the content delivery accelerator says also simplifies the upgrade to IPv6.
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Startup 6connect unveils cloud-based IPv6 service
Venture-funded startup 6connect has announced ProVision Suite, a cloud-based service designed to help network operators manage dual-stack networks supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. 6connect is already working with big-name service providers Verizon Terremark and DukeNet
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Department for Work and Pensions denies hoarding 16.8m IPv4 addresses
The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied that it is sitting on up to £1.5 billion worth of unused IPv4 addresses, claiming that the majority are being used internally.
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RIPE NCC starts handing out last block of IPv4 addresses
RIPE NCC, which allocates IP addresses in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia, has started to hand out IPv4 addresses from the last block that it holds, the organization said on Friday.
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Europe's supply of IPv4 addresses could be exhausted this month
RIPE NCC has about 10 million IPv4 addresses to dole out in a business-as-usual fashion to European carriers, enterprises and other network operators to meet their three-month projections for subscriber growth.
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'Gameover ZeuS' P2P bank-theft botnet has infected 678,000 Windows PCs
The Gameover ZeuS bank-theft botnet, credited to cybercrime gangs in Eastern Europe, is going be hugely difficult to take down because of its peer-to-peer (P2P) design, according to research put forward at the Black Hat Conference.
