The mysterious internet mishap that sent data for the UK’s nuclear program to Ukraine
The information superhighway got diverted last week when a Ukrainian internet service provider hijacked routes used by data heading for websites in the United Kingdom, according to a company that monitors and optimizes internet performance. The action could be a mere glitch—or something more sinister in an era of geopolitical cyber conflicts. The issue at […]
Ukraine is recruiting Internet soldiers to fight Russian trolls
“Many fronts have opened against us, and one of the crucial ones is the information front,” said Ukraine’s information minister Yuri Stec. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year, and has been hit with Western sanctions for supporting armed separatists in eastern Ukraine. “Now is the time to fight back against the Russian invaders on […]
Google science fair entrants focus on health, environment
Google held the final round of its second annual international science fair on Monday morning, hosting 15 contestants from around the world between the ages of 13 and 18. The science fair this year has grown considerably as not only did Google receive thousands of entries from more than 100 countries, but the program now […]
110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet sidelined
Researchers use specially crafted code to direct infected computers to their servers instead of servers run by the criminals who have been using the botnet to distribute spam. A new version of the Kelihos spamming botnet has been sidelined by using the peer-to-peer distribution mechanism to basically hijack it, researchers announced today. The botnet, which […]