A botnet known as Mantis has been identified as the source of record-setting attacks that targeted Cloudflare customers. Cloudflare recently disclosed that it mitigated a DDoS attack peaking at 26 million requests per second. This followed an earlier incident in which Cloudflare defended against a 15.3 million requests-per-second attack. Investigations have now tied both of … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/BraunS) UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has fined EE after finding the operator made “fundamental billing mistakes” that led to nearly 40,000 customers being overcharged. Ofcom identified two separate breaches of billing rules. The first error involved charging customers roaming in Europe the same rate as calls to EE’s customer services number in the … Read more

Paul Jacobs, best known for his former leadership role at Qualcomm and as the son of co-founder Irwin Jacobs, has been named CEO of satellite operator Globalstar. “I have devoted my career to advancing and commercializing innovation in wireless technology and am thrilled to continue this journey as CEO of Globalstar,” Jacobs said, emphasizing his … Read more

European companies are entering the AI era at a built-in disadvantage. A new report from IT firm Insight reveals that businesses waste, on average, 24 percent of their annual cloud capacity—funds that could instead finance resilient, sovereign AI infrastructure. In the EMEA region, nearly half of companies spend up to SEK 55 million per year … Read more

In the latest Digital Evolution Index, the UK has been identified as part of a select group of countries classified as the “digital elite” for being highly digitally advanced and progressing rapidly. The study, produced by The Fletcher School at Tufts University in partnership with Mastercard, assessed 60 countries to evaluate both their current level … Read more

Nexer Group, a global technology consultancy, has acquired the Qgroup group — a fast-growing specialist company with revenue of around SEK 700 million and operations in multiple countries. Nexer is part of the Danir group, owned by the Dan Olofsson family. The partnership brings together two dynamic organizations with a shared vision: to drive innovation … Read more

Microsoft quickly mitigated a record-setting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that reached 2.4 Tbps and was launched from roughly 70,000 compromised devices. The assault targeted an unnamed Azure customer and, at 2.4 Tbps, would have been about 140% larger than the 1 Tbps attack Microsoft mitigated in 2020. This latest attempt also exceeded the 2.3 Tbps … Read more

Rawl will work closely with MSPs to deepen engagement and expand the company’s presence across the region. Rawl will lead Pax8’s operations in Ireland, partnering with managed service providers nationwide to strengthen relationships and build the company’s market presence. Alongside Rawl’s appointment, Pax8 has opened a new office in Dublin that will serve as a … Read more

UK broadband leaders have warned that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pledge to deliver full‑fibre broadband across the country by 2025 will be impossible to meet without substantial legislative and policy changes. Announced during his first speech on the steps of Downing Street, the 2025 target moves the previous goal forward by eight years from 2033, … Read more

IFS Cadillac Formula 1 marks a strategic partnership in which IFS becomes the official technology partner to the Cadillac Formula 1 Team as the team prepares to debut in the 2026 Formula 1 season. Under this agreement, IFS will provide the mission-critical software platform that supports several of the team’s most important operational processes in … Read more