Jason Porter gives off the confident vibe of someone who has been through tough situations and come out on the other side. That’s not surprising, given his former life as an Army tank officer. Last ...

A week ago, hackers launched an unprecedentedly large attack on the internet, and they were able to do it because they had thousands of internet-connected smart devices in their army, gadgets like ...

The internet is facing an unprecedented threat from toasters — and calls are mounting for governments to step in and fix things. Last Friday, huge swathes of the internet were disrupted by hackers, ...

IoT botnets are not new. Nor are DDoS attacks. But the two are on a trajectory that is raising the stakes in DDoS protection and bot takeover prevention. Larry Pesce remembers the day when the ...