Computer Networks

What is Crowdstrike? The rogue update that brought down the world: How one app is believed to have crippled Microsoft computer networks across the globe - and it could be days before we're all back on
8 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Crowdstrike? The rogue update that brought down the world: How one app is believed to have crippled Microsoft computer networks across the globe - and it could be days before we're all back on

The rogue app suspected to be the root cause of bringing down computers across the world is ironically aimed at protecting PCs from hackers. It's believed to have sent servers, …

Daily Mail
Security World Protection Computer
President Biden's new cybersecurity policy allows U.S. agencies to preemptively hack into the computer networks of criminals and foreign governments.
2 years, 2 months ago

President Biden's new cybersecurity policy allows U.S. agencies to preemptively hack into the computer networks of criminals and foreign governments.

President Biden is about to approve a policy that goes much farther than any previous effort to protect private companies from malicious hackers—and to retaliate against those hackers with our …

Slate
Congress Regulations National White House
AIIMS cyber attack puts digital health ID plan under scanner
2 years, 3 months ago

AIIMS cyber attack puts digital health ID plan under scanner

The ransomware attack on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi has brought the government’s Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission under the scanner, with the country’s premier teaching hospital promoting …

Live Mint
Delhi Cyber Attack
Researchers say time is an illusion. So why are we all obsessed with it?
2 years, 3 months ago

Researchers say time is an illusion. So why are we all obsessed with it?

Researchers say time is an illusion. "A lot of us grow up being fed this idea of time as absolute," says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist at the University of …

NPR
Earth System Atomic Boulder
How the Internet Came to India: An Inside Account of India's First Dial-Up Network
4 years, 7 months ago

How the Internet Came to India: An Inside Account of India's First Dial-Up Network

On August 15, 1995, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited introduced internet to the common user in India, heralding a new era of connectivity throughout the nation. We could build communication software …

News 18
India Communication Delhi Railways
Cyber security firm from Ukraine warns of new computer virus distribution campaign
7 years, 7 months ago

Cyber security firm from Ukraine warns of new computer virus distribution campaign

Like NotPetya, the new malware seems to originate in accounting software and could be intended to take down networks of Ukraine. Ukrainian cyber security firm ISSP said on 22 August …

Firstpost
State Cyber Ukraine Warns Notpetya
Ransomware Attacks Ravage Computer Networks In Dozens Of Countries
7 years, 10 months ago

Ransomware Attacks Ravage Computer Networks In Dozens Of Countries

Ransomware Attacks Ravage Computer Networks In Dozens Of Countries Updated Sat. Technology Ransomware Attacks Computer Networks Around The Globe Ransomware Attacks Computer Networks Around The Globe Listen · 3:52 3:52 …

NPR
Security Spain Russia Ransomware
Military acquisition pace hampers US ability to counter cyber threats
10 years, 10 months ago

Military acquisition pace hampers US ability to counter cyber threats

U.S. military experts on Monday said current acquisition rules hamper their ability to respond quickly to a growing number of cyber attacks against U.S. weapons and computer networks and new …

Firstpost
Cyber Attacks Acquisition Pentagon Harrington
US tapped into networks of Google, Petrobras, others: Report
11 years, 6 months ago

US tapped into networks of Google, Petrobras, others: Report

The U.S. government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc. and Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo… The U.S. government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc. …

Firstpost
Oil Google Brazil Obama
Pentagon to expand cyber force to counter attacks on computer networks
12 years, 2 months ago

Pentagon to expand cyber force to counter attacks on computer networks

The expansion would increase the Defense Department’s Cyber Command by more than 4,000 people, up from the current 900, an unidentified American official said. Washington: The Pentagon is moving towards …

Firstpost
Iran Pentagon Attacks Force
Pentagon to expand cyber force to counter attacks on computer networks
12 years, 2 months ago

Pentagon to expand cyber force to counter attacks on computer networks

The expansion would increase the Defense Department’s Cyber Command by more than 4,000 people, up from the current 900, an unidentified American official said. Washington: The Pentagon is moving towards …

Firstpost
Iran Pentagon Attacks Force
Around the World with Wires
29 years, 11 months ago

Around the World with Wires

Sure - America Online, CompuServe, and the Internet are computer networks - but don't forget, so are air-traffic control systems, cash machines, and supermarket checkout scanners. The Networked Planet, a …

Wired
Work Computer Museum Exhibit