HAhead of the second ‘COVID winter’, with the worst of the virus safely behind us and new vaccines and drug therapies promising to lessen the damage in the future, now is a good time to pause and take a take a look at where we are, and some of the economic and market changes we […]
Month: October 2021
New service allows governments to block malicious web traffic
“A single malicious connection could leave a government network vulnerable to attack or compromise, so it’s vital that we do all we can to prevent cybercriminals from gaining a foothold.” AUPDNS was used in the last count and Mr. Hastie said it processed around 200 million requests, blocking more than 10,000 connections to known malicious […]
Ozy Media Bought Web Traffic Then Didn’t Pay, Lawsuits
(Bloomberg) – As Ozy Media’s business practices draw attention, the troubled startup has faced multiple legal challenges for allegedly failing to pay its bills, including a claim from a company it hired to grow her online audience. In a 2018 lawsuit, a company called Boredom Therapy said it was hired by Ozy between August 2016 […]
Spike in ‘Squid Game’ web traffic leads to Netflix lawsuit in South Korea
Netflix has said its new Korean-language series “Squid Game” may be its biggest show of all time. Its popularity is causing explosive internet traffic in South Korea, according to an internet service provider. SK Broadband sued Netflix for usage fees in response to the show’s popularity, Reuters reported. Loading Something is loading. Sask. Broadband , […]