Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network. It took the team nearly 4 years to put together by sifting through public records a
When the IRS first reported a hack that exposed taxpayer accounts' vulnerable information, it pegged the number of affected people at a little over 100,000.
There's actually good news this week, which can feel almost magical if you spend most of your time reading headlines about political mudslinging, the wholly idiotic encryption debate, and missing elderly people.
Data security is a worldwide problem, and there is a wide world of encryption solutions available. Most of these products are developed and sold by for-profit entities. They are available, for sale or free download, all over the world.
At a blistering 1.125 terabytes per second, a new optical communication system developed by University College London (UCL) researchers has created a new record for the fastest ever data transfer rate for digital information.
The head of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group -- basically the country's chief hacker -- spoke earlier this week. He talked both about how the NSA hacks into networks, and what network defenders can do to protect themselves.
I've been a wild advocate for the Internet since the beginning, and I still believe in it as a massively liberating technology… but not in the current, popular form.
Ever try Googling someone only to come up with basic information and maybe a link or two to an outdated social media profile? There's a new website going around that promises to reveal much more than just a simple google search can show you.
Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges was re-arrested on Thursday of last week, just a day before he was scheduled to turn himself in at a Baltimore prison to begin serving a 71-month prison sentence.
BECAUSE IT WASN'T enough to piss off every major television broadcaster in America with his last company, Aereo, now Chet Kanojia is taking on the country's biggest Internet providers with a new start-up called Starry.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote next week on an annual report about the state of high-speed Internet deployment around the country, something that has become a magnet for debate.
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