Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 21:30:30 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching crippling digital assaults that few web destinations can withstand. Read on for more about the botnet, the attack, and the apparent creator of this global menace.
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:37:18 +0000
During a webinar hosted by Israel’s Defense Ministry, Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire discussed helping connect Israel with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet far earlier than was known.
Credit to Author: Elana Klein| Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
When a formerly incarcerated “troubleshooter for the mafia” looked for a second career he chose the thing he knew best. He became a prison consultant for white-collar criminals.
Credit to Author: Paresh Dave| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 19:29:55 +0000
The Take It Down Act requires platforms to remove instances of “intimate visual depiction” within two days. Free speech advocates warn it could be weaponized to fuel censorship.
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:37:18 +0000
Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire said in a webinar hosted by Israel’s Defense Ministry that he connected the IDF with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet far sooner than believed.
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built and tested the exact same model of weapon ourselves. And it was entirely legal.
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
In the wake of Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of a health care CEO with a partially 3D-printed pistol, we built the exact same weapon ourselves—and test-fired it.