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3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Then it will not do to offer 14.4Mbps which is actually 1Mbps or unlimited data traffic which is in reality limited to a few gigabytes per month. Mobile data traffic - generated by USB-sticks and dongles... [20 Jun 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records for up to two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [20 May 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News Website attacks, which plant browser exploits to compromise users, are also becoming more a problem as they are able to target well known, high-traffic sites. Hacking expert at the Sans Institute, Ed... [09 Apr 2008]
Cyber spies plan attacks next year
News National infrastructure network systems in particular - such as air traffic control, electricity, financial markets and government computer networks - will be targets for cyber attacks over... [30 Nov 2007]
DoS attack could shut down the net
News The security manager said: "We've had to upgrade our hardware in the last week to cope with an unexpected increase in the volume of malicious traffic at... [26 Sep 2007]
Apple nails down AirPort problems
News The Mac maker said: "This update addresses the issue by changing the default setting to limit inbound IPv6 traffic to the local... [10 Apr 2007]
IE lets attackers hijack network traffic
News A problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, security researchers said Saturday. Microsoft said in its support article:... [26 Mar 2007]
Spam storm needs ISP action, urges security chief
News Many leading ISPs currently refuse to take measures such as blocking port 25 traffic, a move which Rand claimed would affect very few users sending legitimate email, while blocking the port used to relay... [14 Mar 2007]
Alert over Spybot worm
News The security company said: "We are seeing a spike in traffic on port 2967 with activity only in the dot-edu domain. When installed on a... [30 Nov 2006]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News Bitle said: "These [vulnerabilities] take advantage of two listening services that run on the host and listen for traffic coming in through ports that are frequently utilised. They cover... [14 Jun 2006]
World Cup security: Avaya poised to tackle DoS attacks
News Traffic for the internet property fifaworldcup.com is expected to exceed the two billion registered four years ago, he said. The head of Fifa's IT... [09 Jun 2006]
Voice quality holding back VoIP?
News Data networks fundamentally are not designed to deal with real-time voice traffic," he said. Networking vendors such as HP ProCurve have told silicon.com security is the number one... [27 Mar 2006]
3 February virus: Are we ready for it?
News February 3 could turn out to be a very difficult day with unprotected users losing data and the internet community at large suffering from heavy traffic. The virus,... [31 Jan 2006]
Virus alert: Nyxem set to spring on 3 February
News This will cause additional email and network traffic, and possible slow down email response time. Businesses have been warned to brace themselves for a possible traffic spike next week... [27 Jan 2006]
Is VoIP the cyber criminal's new best friend?
News Moreover, because many voice over IP applications use proprietary technology and encrypted data traffic that can't easily be monitored, the attackers will be able to go undetected. Investigators monitor... [26 Jan 2006]
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