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Tor Browser now bypasses internet censorship automatically
The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, a major release that brings new features to help users fight censorship easier.
- July 15, 2022
- 10:27 AM
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Privacy-focused Brave Search grew by 5,000% in a year
Brave Search, the browser developer's privacy-centric Internet search engine, is celebrating its first anniversary after surpassing 2.5 billion queries and seeing almost 5,000% growth in a year.
- June 22, 2022
- 12:00 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Google shut down caching servers at two Russian ISPs
Two Russian internet service providers (ISPs) have received notices from Google that the global caching servers on their network have been disabled.
- May 26, 2022
- 09:26 AM
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Third-party web trackers log what you type before submitting
An extensive study looking into the top 100k ranking websites has revealed that many are leaking information you enter in the site forms to third-party trackers before you even press submit.
- May 16, 2022
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FTC to force ISP to deploy fiber for 60K users to match speed claims
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today proposed an order requiring Connecticut-based internet service provider Frontier Communications to stop "lying" to its customers and support its high-speed internet claims.
- May 05, 2022
- 01:43 PM
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Tor project upgrades network speed performance with new system
The Tor Project has published details about a newly introduced system called Congestion Control that promises to eliminate speed limits on the network.
- May 05, 2022
- 07:26 AM
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US eases sanctions that may lead to Russia's Internet isolation
Today, the U.S. has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources.
- April 08, 2022
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Russians bypass website blocks to access Western news sources
Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine.
- April 04, 2022
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Russia facing internet outages due to equipment shortage
The Commission for Communications and IT at "PCΠΠ", the country's largest entrepreneurship union, has warned about the rising threat of extensive service outages due to a lack of telecom equipment.
- March 28, 2022
- 11:59 AM
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Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions
The Russian authorities are drafting a set of measures to support the country's economy against the pressure of foreign sanctions, and when it comes to software licensing, the proposal greenlights a form of piracy.
- March 07, 2022
- 11:19 AM
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Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline
A French dad faces jail time and a hefty fine after using a signal jammer to prevent his kids from going online and taking the rest of a nearby town down with them.
- February 17, 2022
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EU Parliament adopts Digital Services Act, but concerns persist
The European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has adopted the Digital Services Act (DSA) proposal by 36 votes to 7 and 2 abstentions.
- December 14, 2021
- 11:51 AM
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Germany to force ISPs to give discounts for slow Internet speeds
A new regulation coming in the form of an amendment in the Telecommunications Act of Germany could radically change the relationship between consumers and internet service providers.
- November 24, 2021
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FTC: ISPs collect and monetize far more user data than you’d think
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that six largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the U.S. collect and share customers' personal data without providing them with info on how it's used or meaningful ways to control this process.
- October 23, 2021
- 10:00 AM
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ISPs must provide emergency video service to deaf users: Ofcom
UK telecom and broadcasting regulator, Ofcom has mandated new requirements for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and phone companies to provide additional services for users with special needs.
- June 25, 2021
- 10:00 AM
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Amazon to share your Internet with neighbors on Tuesday - How to opt out
Amazon will be launching the Amazon Sidewalk service on Tuesday that automatically opts-in your Echo and Ring devices into a new feature that shares your Internet with your neighbors. Here's more about this new feature and how to opt-out of sharing your bandwidth with other Amazon devices.
- June 06, 2021
- 09:16 AM
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Best Windows 10 commands to diagnose your Internet connection
Diagnosing an Internet connection in Windows can be a frustrating experience. To help with this, we have outlined six Windows 10 commands that you can use to troubleshoot your Internet connection and help determine why you cannot reach a website.
- May 15, 2021
- 12:05 PM
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Major BGP leak disrupts thousands of networks globally
A large BGP routing leak that occurred last night disrupted the connectivity for thousands of major networks and websites around the world. Although the BGP routing leak occurred in Vodafone's autonomous network (AS55410) based in India, it has impacted U.S. companies, including Google, according to sources.
- April 17, 2021
- 03:33 AM
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FBI arrests man for plan to kill “70% of Internet” in AWS bomb attack
The FBI arrested a Texas man on Thursday for allegedly planning to "kill of about 70% of the internet" in a bomb attack targeting an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center on Smith Switch Road in Ashburn, Virginia.
- April 09, 2021
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Microsoft removed another Windows 10 2004 safeguard hold
Microsoft removed a Windows 10, version 2004 compatibility hold blocking devices with certain WWAN LTE modems from upgrading to the latest Windows version.
- October 19, 2020
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