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Infineon RSA Key Generation Issue [telecom]
Infineon Technologies, one of Yubico's secure element vendors, informed us of a security issue in their firmware cryptographic libraries. The issue affects TPMs in millions of computers, and multiple...
 
Is CenturyLink Getting Ready To Leave Louisiana? [telecom]
Monroe-based CenturyLink is one of the largest Louisiana-based public companies. It employs 2,700 workers in Louisiana and has a Louisiana payroll of around $200 million. Recently, the company...
 
Frontier, CenturyLink, Windstream see broadband wireless as a gap filler for CAF-II obligations [telecom]
Editor's Corner - Frontier, CenturyLink, Windstream see broadband wireless as a gap filler for CAF-II obligations, but is it optimal? by Sean Buckley Frontier's recent revelation that it intends to...
 
The World Once Laughed at North Korean Cyberpower. No More. [telecom]
The World Once Laughed at North Korean Cyberpower. No More. While the world is fixated on its nuclear missiles, North Korea has also developed a cyberattack program that is stealing millions and...
 
T-Mobile customer data plundered thanks to bad API [telecom]
T-Mobile customer data plundered thanks to bad API A bug disclosed and patched last week by T-Mobile in a Web application interface allowed anyone to query account information by simply providing a...
 
Comcast found a way to raise other cable companies' prices, rivals say [telecom]
Comcast found a way to raise other cable companies' prices, rivals say Comcast is increasingly making demands in TV programming contract negotiations that would force its smaller rivals to raise their...
 
Wary of Hackers, States Move to Upgrade Voting Systems [telecom]
Wary of Hackers, States Move to Upgrade Voting Systems New equipment and security protocols are part of the response to Russian meddling in 2016. But lack of money is an obstacle. Reacting in large...
 
Verizon extends data relief for customers in areas impacted by Northern CA wildfires [telecom]
Verizon is extending its initial data relief offer for customers impacted by the wildfires in Northern California by three days, through October 15, 2017. For customers in qualified counties in...
 
Reviewing CenturyLink & The Competition [telecom]
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is one of 45 public companies in the "Integrated Telecommunications Services" industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare CenturyLink to related...
 
Analysis: AT&T's race against time to save its TV business [telecom]
By Brian Fung Washington Post AT&T's push to acquire DirecTV in 2015 looked like brilliance at first. Having captured most of the low-hanging fruit in the telephone and wireless markets already,...
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How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets [telecom]
How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets Exploiting the popular Kaspersky antivirus software, Russian hackers searched millions of computers for American intelligence...
 
Why Tech is Starting to Make Me Uneasy [telecom]
Why Tech is Starting to Make Me Uneasy By Farhad Manjoo Reporting on technology has changed this year - what once felt like a world of boundless possibility now comes freighted with worry. It's gadget...
 
Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats [telecom]
Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats American tech companies positioned themselves as entities that brought positive change by connecting people and spreading information....
 
Verizon extends deadline for Downeast residents to change their plans [telecom]
ELLSWORTH - In September, Verizon Wireless notified 213 customers in Maine, primarily in Washington County, that they would lose their service with the cell phone carrier because it was costing the...
 
Commit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you. [telecom]
Commit a crime? Your Fitbit, key fob or pacemaker could snitch on you. Smart devices are all around us, and police are increasingly looking to them for clues. Smart devices are all around us, and...