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Bitcoin Blockchain And Mt.Gox Knocked Offline By DDoS Attacks
More trouble in Bitcoin land, with the Blockchain DDoSed, Mt.Gox suffering outages and BitFloor giving up entirely
Prolexic CEO: ‘Biggest Cyber Attack Ever’ Was Built On Lies
We were told it was the biggest DDoS ever, but Prolexic's CEO says it's hugely unlikely that's true
BT To Lay 660km Of Fibre In £18.9m Northumberland BDUK Deal
BT secures yet more BDUK funding to bring fibre to Northumberland
DDoS Power Up 718 Percent Amidst Widespread Batterings
Prolexic sees seven-fold rise in average attack strength
Video: Experts Weigh In On ‘Weightless’ – Part IV
Fourth part in TechWeekEurope’s video series looks at security of the Weightless standard and the purpose of the Weightless SIG
Dell Enhances Data Centre Fabric With New Switch
Dell launches its Active Fabric solution and offers a new modular network switch and management software
Anonymous Hits North Korea Sites Again
As South Korea reportedly takes its nuclear plants offline, Anonymous launches fresh attacks on North Korean websites
WordPress Sites Take Brute Force Battering
WordPress says security firms are hyping tales of attacks
Bitcoin Rocked By Java Exploit-Wielding Thieves And New DDoS Strike
Cyber crooks are getting awfully fond of Bitcoin
Video: Experts Weigh In On ‘Weightless’ – Part III
Third part in TechWeekEurope’s video series evaluates the possibility of 25 billion devices communicating through the Weightless standard
Google Fibre To Arrive In Austin, Texas
The capital of Texas is next in line to get gigabit broadband from Google
BT Fibre Reaches 15 Million UK Premises
BT fibre is now available in more than half of UK premises with up to 200,000 added each week
Illegal Botnet Bitcoin Mining Boom ‘Incoming’
Security researcher warns of growth in illegal mining following discovery of Skype Trojan
IBM Compresses 100Gbps Network Onto A CMOS Chip
Tech could be used to convert analogue signals from the Big Bang into digital data
IEEE Ethernet Study Group To Discuss 400Gbps Standard
IEEE to discuss if new standard can deal with growing network traffic
Quiz of the Week: Bitcoin Bonanza
Bitcoins are getting a lot of attention right now - see how much you know with our quiz!
Juniper Targets SDN And BYOD With New Switch
Juniper is readying a new switch and software to help organisations deal with the BYOD and SDN trends
Mt.Gox Bitcoin Exchange Hit By ‘Major DDoS Attack’
World's largest Bitcoin exchange says it is under the biggest DDoS attack it has ever seen
Skype Users Hit 2 Billion Minutes A Day Milestone
Microsoft has revealed that Skype users consume 2 billion minutes each day on its popular VoIP service
FBI Warns Of DoS Attacks On Emergency Telephones
US authorities are warning about Telephone Denial of Service attacks against emergency telephone systems
Ubiquisys Acqusition Strengthens Cisco Small Cell Offering
Swindon-based Ubiquisys is to be bought in £205m deal
Cumbria Broadband Delayed Again By European Red Tape
The superfast broadband rollout in Cumbria is facing yet more delays, blamed on red tape from Brussels
‘Critical’ BIND Vulnerability Puts DNS Servers At Risk
A flaw reported in the handling of regular expressions means most DNS servers running on Linux or Unix are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks, according to security experts
US Concerns Over Huawei, ZTE Complicate Sprint Merger
A $20.1bn deal between the US' Sprint and Japan's Softbank is facing complications due to the US government's mistrust of Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE
Egypt Makes Arrests After Undersea Internet Cable Hacked Apart
Police claim three scuba divers were caught attempting to cut an undersea connection
EE Expands 4G Network, Reaches Half Of UK Population
Bradford, Leicester, Luton, Doncaster, St Albans, Reading and other towns join the EE 4G service
Hollow Fibres Carry Data Faster
Hollow-core fibres nearly hit the speed of light in a vacuum, cutting latency
Millions Of Open Servers Are Helping To Set Off Huge Digital Bombs
Spamhaus attacks show how the Internet's millions of open DNS resolvers are 'the scourge of the Internet'
BT Reaches Kensington And Chelsea Broadband Peace Agreement
Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea withdraws street cabinet objections