Security

Ethernet consortia trio want to unlock a more time-sensitive network

UNH-IOL sets up three new industry specific Ethernet Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) consortiums

Suspected Russian hackers target US think tanks after election

The attacks involved spear phishing emails sent to dozens of targets

Google punishes web backsliders in Chrome

Browser will warn users of bad sites for at least 30 days

Visibility, security top concerns for cloud computing adoption

Enterprises are concerned about where their data is located and how it's protected

Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network

A buffer overflow in a single router model could have endangered thousands of Wi-Fi users

Tech groups push policy priorities for the Trump administration

Some of the policy proposals may be wishful thinking, however

European Parliament clears drone regulations for takeoff

Owners of drones weighing over 250 grams will have to register them under proposed EU rules

Cisco/Ericsson: Assessing the mega-deal a year later

Layoffs, executive change hasn’t prevented partnership from hitting some significant milestones, but Ericsson's finanacial challenges might change that

Need for ‘smart’ regulation of IoT security is as obvious as is it unlikely

Major cloud is infested with malware, researchers say

Researchers say 10% of repositories hosted by cloud providers, including some on Amazon and Google, are compromised, and ‘lurking malice’ is hidden in them