AT&T just confirmed a massive data breach in 2022 that impacted "nearly all" of its customers, according to a statement provided by TechCrunch. The company had over 110 million wireless subscribers in 2022.The data breach allowed hackers to steal phone numbers, text data and phone records from these people which, once again, comprises nearly the entire customer base. AT&T says it will begin... »

In another nail in the coffin of physical media, Redbox is shutting down after more than two decades of serving up DVD rentals from thousands of kiosks across the U.S.Redbox's network of 24,000 DVD rental kiosks and its streaming services will be shut down after its parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation... »

The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it seized two domain names and more than 900 social media accounts it claims were part of an "AI-enhanced" Russian bot farm. Many of the accounts were designed to look like they belonged to Americans and posted content about the Russia-Ukraine war, including videos in which Russian President Vladimir Putin justified Russia’s invasion of... »

Spotify is launching the ability to leave comments on podcasts. The company already lets Spotify podcasters offer polls and Q&As, so this new feature could give creators new ways to interact with their audiences.Comments will be private by default (similar to Q&A responses), so creators will have to approve each comment they want to appear. Creators can choose to have comments available for their... »

ChatGPT developer OpenAI reportedly suffered a breach last year involving a hacker who stole details about the company's systems. The hacker infiltrated an internal OpenAI forum where employees chat about the company's technology, according to The New York Times, citing two sources familiar with the incident. The attacker did not gain access to systems where OpenAI houses or builds its AI models.... »

ALFA AX1800RM Dual Band WiFi 6 (802.11ax) Mesh Router supports MU-MIMO and OFDMA technology for better coverage and throughput. This router supports one-key mesh, Beamforming and BSS coloring.

The maximum data transfer rate is up to 1800Mbps. The kit includes four external dual-band 5 dBi antennas.

The router has 3 x Gigabit LAN ports and Internet speeds up to 1Gbps.

AX1800RM provides... »

Six popular protocols encrypt the data tunnel in the way you prefer, either when connecting as a client or hosting a VPN server. Built-in WireGuard and OpenVPN VPNs allow you to share your commercial VPN with all connected devices. A configurable switch allows you to quickly toggle the VPN, without needing to enter the config page.

Out of the security or performance concerns, you can choose... »

RX12 Pro is a Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 router designed for users who are looking for a performance experience. It supports Wi-Fi+ networking, which can easily solve the problem of Wi-Fi coverage for super-large houses.

RX12 Pro is armed with a 1.7GHz quad-core Broadcom CPU for faster Wi-Fi speeds (up to 2976Mbps) and a stable network.

4 high-performance signal enhancement modules and 5 external... »

WiFi 6 (802.11ax) is engineered to cope with multiple devices, providing up to 4X greater network capacity and efficiency. WiFi 6 provides increased WiFi signal range and better coverage of up to 80% farther.

With a total networking speed of 1,800Mbps - RT-AX52 is 1.5x faster than 802.11ac 2x2 dual-band routers.

Supporting not only MU-MIMO but also OFDMA technique to efficiently allocate... »

RX9 supports the new generation of Wi-Fi 6 technology, dual-band concurrent rate up to 2976Mbps (2.4GHz: 574Mbps, 5GHz: 2402Mbps).

The data processing capability is comprehensively improved with a dual-core processor with a main frequency of up to 1.6GHz. The core can boost capacity and reduces interference for smoother 4k video streaming and AR/VR gaming.

With 4 independent FEMs and... »

Boost your existing WiFi router signal to hard-to-reach areas with this WiFi 6 extender. It expands your wireless coverage to 2,000 sq. ft. with dual-band AX1500 WiFi.

With speeds of 1201Mbps on 5GHz band and 300Mbps on 2.4GHz band, this WiFi extender ensures seamless connections for activities like live streaming, content downloads, and gaming.

Experience enhanced signal strength and... »

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... »

The TCP/IP speed tweaks below work with Windows 8, 10, 2012/2019 Server. The Windows 8/10 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are many subtle differences and updates, new syntax for applying tweaks using PowerShell cmdlets, and some new settings. Windows 10 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... »

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 up... »

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,... »

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are very common on the Internet these days, and they can make your online experience miserable. In some cases of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS), they can bring down websites, or cripple entire networks in a matter of minutes, preventing connectivity for many customers. There are different types of DoS attacks, and we've tried to explain the most common types and ways to mitigate their effects to you or your network.Types of Denial of Service (DoS)... »

To change TCP/IP related settings in Android you need root access. The only exception are a couple of trivial changes that are available to non-rooted devices, namely dynamic vs static IP address, and changing the DNS server. Assuming you are working with an already rooted device, the settings are listed below:Android TCP/IP tweaks (root required)In order to change other TCP/IP stack settings, you need to edit the settings in /proc/sys/net/core/ , similar to what is explained in our Linux... »