What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

CISA and NSA share tips on securing Microsoft Exchange servers

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have released guidance to ...
Hindustan Times

PlayStation Network servers down? PSN users get ‘service busy’ message amid widespread outage

PlayStation Network was down for thousands of users in the United States on Tuesday afternoon. More than 5,000 people reported an outage with Sony's flagship gaming platform on DownDetector, a ...
Newsweek

PlayStation Network Down: Map Shows Where Servers Are Busy Across US

The PlayStation Network went down across the U.S. on Tuesday evening, with users reporting issues in many areas, according to the Downdetector service which monitors service outages. An outage map ...
CBS News

Feds find 200,000 more SIM cards in N.J. after disrupting network that threatened U.N. General Assembly

Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. Agents were first tipped off ...
Ars Technica

Intel and AMD trusted enclaves, a foundation for network security, fall to physical attacks

In the age of cloud computing, protections baked into chips from Intel, AMD, and others are essential for ensuring confidential data and sensitive operations can’t be viewed or manipulated by ...
Frontiers

SDD: spectral clustering and double deep Q-network based edge server deployment strategy

College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China Introduction: With the rapid development of 5G technology, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) has become a ...
Yahoo

What we know now after Secret Service shuts down underground server network in NYC

An underground server network capable of crippling communications systems in New York City and the tri-state area has been shut down, officials said. The United States Secret Service announced Tuesday ...
Gothamist

Secret Service dismantles server-network threat amid UN meeting in NYC, officials say

The Secret Service said Tuesday it dismantled a network of hundreds of servers capable of interrupting telecommunications across the tristate area during the United Nations General Assembly this week.
NPR

Devices seized near U.N. meeting could have shut down cellphone networks

The U.S. Secret Service said it uncovered a large network of electronic devices capable of disrupting cellphone networks in New York ahead of the 80th anniversary meeting of the United Nations General ...
Yahoo

Secret Service Uncovers Network of SIM Servers Capable of Disabling Cell Towers

A rogue cellular network secretly operating in the New York City area was likely used by foreign state-sponsored hackers, according to federal investigators. On Tuesday, the US Secret Service ...
The New York Times

Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N.

The Secret Service discovered more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers, which could disable cellular towers or be used to conduct surveillance. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington The ...