WikiLeaks has published the next release in their CIA Vault 7 series, revealing details on a geolocation tracking project named ELSA. According to the documents, ELSA malware is used by US intelligence services to collect geolocation data from WiFi-enabled devices.The agency infects target devices with the malware that can then check which public Wi-Fi networks a given computer can connect to at... »

A new ransomware attack spread around the globe on Wednesday, affecting thousands of computers across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.This is the second time in two months that hackers have tried to shake down computer users, threatening to delete their data unless they paid sup. The initial infection can be traced to tax accounting software from a Ukrainian company called M.E.Doc,... »

Sprint is reportedly in discussions with Charter Communications and Comcast on a potential deal that could bolster plans to offer wireless services. The trio of companies have agreed to a two-month exclusivity period on cutting a deal.Such a deal could involve the companies taking equity in Sprint. The companies already have a network-resale agreement with Verizon Communications, but Sprint could... »

Four of the world's biggest internet platforms — Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube — have joined forces to make their services "hostile to terrorists and violent extremists." They have created the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) to do so."The spread of terrorism and violent extremism is a pressing global problem and a critical challenge for us all," the companies... »

A satellite internet startup, called OneWeb has received unanimous approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deliver high speed internet to hard to reach places in the United States. The company plans to launch around 720 satellites into low Earth orbit in order to beam internet to anywhere on Earth at speeds that rival that of fiber connections. The goal is to provide internet... »

Equipped with enterprise-grade hardware, the router minimizes ping times and ensures smooth, lag-free gaming thanks to its CPU, fast wired and Wi-Fi speeds plus, gaming-optimized firmware.

The WRT32X features Rivet Networking's Killer Mode which automatically synchronizes your Killer-enabled PC with the Killer Prioritization Engine, ensuring fast smooth gameplay so you're always a few steps... »

The UBH1701 plugs directly into a power outlet and allows you to cost-effectively overcome wireless weak spots and dead zones in the home or office.

Designed with speeds up to 300Mbps, the UBH1701 is fully compliant with IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards.

Conveniently and securely pair with wireless routers or other network devices via the push button WPS (Wireless Protected Setup) feature. Or,... »

Built with a 1.3GHz Quad-Core Processor, 16 high power amplifiers, and 4 high gain antennas, the ATHENA-R2 delivers up to 2.53Gbps, making lag and buffering a thing of the past for everyone.

The ATHENA-R2 also features MU-MIMO technology that enables multiple devices to receive data at once, granting uninterrupted streaming for all and up to 4X faster speeds. Get rid of your Wi-Fi dead zones,... »

The DV 3220 product offers to your subscribers the fastest VDSL data transmission speed over copper (with an additional ADSL2+ fallback), a high speed Wi-Fi home connectivity (up to 300Mbps), 1 Gigabit Ethernet dedicated WAN/LAN port and 4 Ethernet 10/100 Base-T/TX ports for LAN devices.

File and printer sharing is easy, users can simply plug a USB hard disk or a printer and share multimedia... »

The DDM3513 Cable Modem is a subscriber bridge device providing cable-based Internet access to the home. The DDM3513 provides four upstream and four downstream channels that can be bonded virtually, allowing operators to deliver significant speed increases to subscribers.

The DDM3513 Cable Modem provides a Gigabit Ethernet port with LAN speeds that take advantage of the higher speed tiers... »

Samsung Connect Home Pro is easily expandable. Each router has a range of 1,500 square feet, and users can wirelessly connect up to five Samsung Connect Home devices for mesh network coverage of 7,500 square feet.

With SmartThings hub functionality, Connect Home Pro allows you to connect hundreds of compatible cameras, lights, voice assistants, and more to control you home from your phone,... »

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for... »

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity... »

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it... »

The Windows 8 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are some subtle differences, new syntax for applying tweaks, and some new settings. Windows 8 generally works well by default for many broadband connections, yet there is always some room for improvement and we will try to cover all relevant settings and their effect on your connection in detail below.To run some of the outlined commands, you will need to use an administrator account. With... »

Online Gaming can often benefit from some fine-tuning of Windows TCP/IP settings and the Network Adapter properties. This article is intended to supplement our general broadband tweaks and list only TCP/IP settings that are specific to online gaming and reducing network latency. Some of these settings are also mentioned in our general tweaking articles, however, the emphasis here is on latency rather than throughput, and we have complemented the tweaks with more gaming-specific recommendations... »

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs.When the OS reaches the half-open connection limit,... »