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News in Networking: Verizon-Disney Rumors, ‘Most Promising’ 5G Operators, and UN List of Security Gaps

Kentik

HTTP and DNS in a 5G World (Network World) HTTP and DNS may be “household name protocols,” according to Network World contributor and wireless wiz Alan Carlton, but NFV and MEC could change that. As for DNS, he advises that IoT devices with 5G connectivity could create “whole new requirements for discovery and addressing of these devices.”.

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IoT Security Standards and Initiatives

CATO Networks

Its no secret that there are significant concerns with Internet of Things (IoT) security. Late last year, for example, attackers exploited a vulnerability in a brand of IoT cameras to launch a DDoS attack on the website of security expert Brian Krebs. The following month the GSM Association (GSMA) released its IoT Security Guidelines.

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Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4

CloudFaire

They are part of the HTTP protocol and allow communication between clients (such as browsers) and servers. The BitTorrent protocol is a communication protocol used for peer-to-peer file sharing. The attack lasted only 80 seconds and originated from over 13,000 IoT devices. The GET method is most commonly used.