Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. (credit: SpaceX) A new SpaceX filing outlines plans for Starlink to offer phone service, emergency backup for voice calls, and cheaper plans for people Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Distributed denial-of-service attackers have seized on a new vector for amplifying the junk traffic they lob at targets to take them offline: end users or networks using the Plex Media Server. Read more…
Enlarge As the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools, colleges, and businesses to limit in-person meetings, the world quickly adopted video conferencing from services such as Zoom and Google Meet. That, in turn, gave way to “zoombombing,” Read more…
Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. (credit: SpaceX) Lobby groups for small ISPs are urging the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether SpaceX can deliver on its broadband promises and to consider blocking Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) SolarWinds, the previously little-known company whose network-monitoring tool Orion was a primary vector for one of the most serious breaches in US history, has pushed out fixes for three severe vulnerabilities. Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Synergee) A man who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 has a message for CEO John Stankey about the company’s failure to upgrade DSL areas to modern Internet service. Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In December, Ars reported that as many as 3 million people had been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that stole personal data and redirected users to ad or phishing Read more…
Enlarge / Jeff Bezos greets a crowd at Amazon’s Smbhav event in New Delhi on January 15, 2020. (credit: Getty Images) Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Elon Musk’s perpetual rival in the seesaw Read more…
Enlarge / A Comcast service van in October 2014. (credit: Mike Mozart / Flickr) Comcast is doubling download speeds and increasing upload speeds for the $10-per-month Internet Essentials plan that it sells to low-income subscribers. Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) High-performance computer networks, some belonging to the world’s most prominent organizations, are under attack by a newly discovered backdoor that gives hackers the ability to remotely execute commands of their choice, Read more…