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Blackpool Council rolls out high-capacity broadband network
Lancashire-based ISP The Networking People has won a £3.2 million contract with Blackpool Council to provide a high-capacity broadband network that will serve up to six North West local authorities, as well as 100 schools, libraries, business incubator sites and public buildings.
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US government's use of deep packet inspection raises serious privacy questions
To protect the federal civilian agencies against cyberthreats, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to deploy a more powerful version of its EINSTEIN intrusion-detection system that?s supposed to detect attacks and malware, especially associated with e-mail. But since this version of EINSTEIN is acknowledged by DHS to be able to read electronic content, it?s raising privacy concerns.
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Sony ISP launches world's fastest home Internet, 2Gbps
A Sony-backed ISP in Japan has launched a 2Gbps Internet service, which it said is the world's fastest for home use.
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Raspberry Pi Foundation hit by grudge DDoS attack
The tiny Raspberry Pi Foundation website and forum has been hit by two short but nasty DDoS attacks in the last week, the second attack flurry that has targeted the organisation since last summer, staff have confirmed.
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Mozilla toughens up on CA certificate abuse
Mozilla is taking steps to limit the risk of powerful subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates falling into the hands of attackers and potentially being used to issue rogue certificates for use in SSL snooping attacks.
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ISP in hot water after updating routers to block online ads
A large ISP that updated its broadband routers to automatically block online adverts has had to abandon its plans after getting into hot water with the French Government.
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Plusnet moves to 'unlimited' broadband to match rivals
Plusnet has from today become the latest UK ISP to offer customers unlimited broadband on its most popular tariffs, finally matching the provision already on offer from arch rivals Talk Talk and Sky.
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BT signs £56.6m deal to fibre-up Herefordshire and Gloucestershire
BT has been awarded yet more money by the government's Broadband Development UK (BDUK) initiative, to bring fibre broadband to 90 percent of homes and businesses in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire by 2016.
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Israeli police cyberattack part of year-long cyberespionage targeting Israelis, Palestinians
The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Norman.
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Botnet masters hide C&C server inside Tor network
Security researchers from German antivirus vendor G Data Software have identified a botnet that is controlled by attackers from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server running as a hidden service inside the Tor anonymity network.
