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Cyber attacks hit Singapore telecom service provider StarHub

Singaporean telecoms service provider StarHub Ltd said intentional cyber attacks had caused internet connection disruption for some of its home broadband customers on Oct. 22 and Oct. 24.

Recalls mount as US takes cybersecurity measures against IoT botnet DDoS attacks

US officials sought to reassure the public that it was taking steps to counter cyber attacks that rendered Twitter, Spotify, Netflix.

Security experts urge companies to use multiple vendors to avoid major like cyber attack

Companies can reduce the risk from the type of cyber attack that took out major websites on Friday by using multiple vendors for the critical internet service known as a domain name service, or DNS, companies and security experts said on Sunday.

Here is what's at stake for the US as it cedes control of the internet to Icann

On Saturday, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet's core systems - namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and Facebook musings.

The Internet now has 334.6 million registered domain names

Nearly 7.9 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2016 globally.

ICANN will take charge of Internet’s naming system on 1 October

The US is set to cede power of the Internet’s naming system to a non-profit organisation on 1 October, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the Internet’s governance.

Phishing attacks trigger massive surge in DNS threats in Q2

The Infoblox DNS Threat Index published latest data on malicious activity worldwide that exploits the Domain Name System (DNS).

India's new Dot Bharat domain name: What took it three years to go public?

Why has it taken three-and-a-half years to make the Dot Bharat domain name available to the public is something only NIXI can tell us.

Massive Internet mishap sparks Great Firewall scrutiny in China

NY Times, Twitter websites compromised via a single phishing mail: Report

A day after the high-profile hacks on The New York Times’ website and Twitter by the Syrian Electronic Army, The LA Times...