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Meet the network operators helping to fuel the spike in big DDoS attacks
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-11-01 00:36
A company that helps secure websites has compiled a list of some of the Internet's biggest network nuisances—operators that run open servers that can be abused to significantly aggravate the crippling effects of distributed denial-of-service attacks on innocent bystanders.
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Finland: Plan for universal 100Mbps service by 2015 on track
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-11-01 00:31
Back in 2009, Finland announced what might be the world’s most ambitious national broadband plan: a guaranteed minimum service level of 1Mbps for all homes and companies by 2010. That goal is then planned to be kicked up to 100Mbps, served via a fixed connection or wireless, by 2015 (Google Translate).
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China goes from zero to 200 million 3G users in only three years
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-10-25 12:48
China's 3G development continues to grow apace, with the number of local users climbing past the 200-million mark as of September this year.
Sina Tech, citing statistics from the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), reported Wednesday the subscriber base grew from 192.5 million in August to 202.6 million in September.
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Over 20Gbps DDoS attacks have become common occurrences
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-10-18 02:41
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, according to researchers from from DDoS mitigation vendor Prolexic.
Last year such high-bandwidth attacks were isolated incidents, but attacks that exceed 20Gbps in bandwidth occur frequently now, Prolexic's president Stuart Scholly said Tuesday.
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TIME Powers HITB Security Conference with 500Mbps Internet Speeds
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-10-04 06:13
TIME dotCom Bhd (“TIME” or “The Group”) will supply Internet speeds of 500Mbps to the Hack in The Box Security Conference 2012 (HITBSecConf2012) from 8 to 11 October, allowing conference participants to seamlessly showcase the latest in online security, data and encryption techniques. The connection would be a dedicated link direct to the global internet exchanges powered by TIME’s 100% Fibre Optic Network giving participants the fastest ever Internet access in Malaysia. It’s first of its kind for any HITB event.
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