Source: Graham Cluley, Naked Security
Fabio Assolini, a researcher for Kaspersky Labs, gave a fascinating presentation at the Virus Bulletin conference in Dallas last week, describing how more than 4.5 million home DSL routers in Brazil were found to have been silently hacked by cybercriminals last year.
Tag Archives: ISP
How millions of DSL modems were hacked in Brazil, to pay for Rio prostitutes
October 1, 2012 – 12:45 pm
Burma liberalizes Internet access, but connectivity remains out of reach for vast majority
September 11, 2012 – 4:15 am
Source: Lisa Goldman, Tech President
Access to the Internet and mobile phones is extremely limited in Burma, but there have been some recent changes in government policy, according to a Freedom House report.
Government restrictions on websites resonate in Oman
July 22, 2012 – 7:14 am
Source :T. Ramachandran, The Hindu
Restrictions on access to Internet content through government action or court rulings in India seem to have affected not only netizens of the country but also those in faraway Oman.
SOPA-style protests reject Russian bill to blacklist websites
July 11, 2012 – 3:55 am
Source: Megan Geuss, Ars technica
Russian-language sites are protesting a bill submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament this week.
New non-profit ISP will be surveillance resistant?
April 11, 2012 – 12:06 pm
Source: Declan McCullagh, CNet
Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance.
U.S. ISPs commit to new cybersecurity measures
March 22, 2012 – 5:35 pm
Source: Grant Gross, CSO
A group of U.S. Internet service providers, including the four largest, have committed to taking new steps to combat three major cybersecurity threats, based on recommendations from a U.S. Federal Communications Commission advisory committee.
Why Bill C-30 gives government power to install surveillance equipment on ISP networks
February 22, 2012 – 1:23 pm
Source: Michael Geist
While the bill includes some detail on surveillance capability requirements, perhaps the most dangerous provision is Section 14, which gives the government a stunning array of powers.
Canada ISPs not subject to content rules, court says
February 9, 2012 – 4:19 pm
Source: Jameson Berkow, National Post
Canadian providers of Internet service are not “broadcasting undertakings,” the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday, and will therefore not be required to help finance Canadian content.
Politics biggest DDoS motivator
February 7, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Source: Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet
A survey by Arbor Networks has shown that service providers dealing with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks believe them to be ideologically motivated, rather than financially motivated or acts of vandalism.
UK MPs urge ISPs to “be more active in monitoring”
February 6, 2012 – 4:00 pm
Source: UK Parliamentary News
The Home Affairs Committee publishes its report into The Roots of Violent Radicalisation today, the result of a wide-ranging inquiry that began in May 2011.
