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G7 Cyber Agencies Urge Immediate Post-Quantum Migration Planning

G7 cybersecurity agencies are pressing governments and organizations to inventory cryptographic dependencies and accelerate post-quantum migration as long transition timelines and future quantum attacks threaten Internet security infrastructure. more

Satellite Collisions Rise as Earth’s Orbits Grow Crowded

Rapid satellite growth is raising collision risks as orbital debris accumulates, avoidance maneuvers multiply, and solar storms could disable spacecraft, exposing the absence of effective international governance for increasingly crowded orbits. more

ICANN Taps Analysys Mason for Key 2026 New gTLD Reviews

Analysys Mason will run geographic and reserved-name reviews for ICANN's 2026 new-gTLD round, applying rules that can determine whether proposed strings advance, require government support, qualify for exceptions, or face further evaluation. more

Canada Sets National Principles for Responsible Data-Centre Development

Canada's voluntary framework asks data-center developers to cover electricity-system costs, limit water and environmental impacts, disclose local effects and deliver national benefits as the country expands sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure. more

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Suffer Overlapping Service Outages

Overlapping outages disrupted ChatGPT, Claude and Grok on September 3, but their providers have identified no common cause, leaving unanswered whether the failures were coincidental or reflected an unseen shared dependency. more

International Operation Disrupts Sality Botnet After More Than Two Decades

Authorities disrupted the decades-old Sality botnet by targeting its decentralized peer-to-peer network and supporting domains, cutting infected machines off from malicious payloads while beginning the longer task of identifying and remediating compromised systems. more

AWS Plans 420 Tbps Subsea Cable Between United States and Japan

AWS plans a 420 Tbps transpacific subsea cable linking Washington state and Japan by 2029, adding a geographically distinct route designed to strengthen cloud connectivity and reduce reliance on concentrated Pacific landing corridors. more

The Effects of AI Expansion on Testing Models and Infrastructure

AI workloads are exposing the limits of traditional network planning and testing, pushing operators toward better traffic visibility, workload-aware policies and production-like testing before adding capacity to infrastructure they may not fully understand. more

NASA Awards Blue Origin Up to $700 Million for Mars Communications Network

NASA selected Blue Origin to build and operate a Mars communications network, extending commercial infrastructure into deep space with high-capacity relays and delay-tolerant networking designed for reliable, interoperable communications among future missions. more

4iG and SpaceX Plan Starlink Mobile Rollout Across Hungary and Western Balkans

4iG and SpaceX plan direct-to-device Starlink services across four European markets, alongside secured government communications, but national spectrum approvals and key details of the proposed sovereign infrastructure remain unresolved. more

From Forgotten to Exploited: How AI Changes the Dangling DNS Threat

Dangling DNS records can expose trusted corporate subdomains to takeover, while AI-assisted reconnaissance makes abandoned resources easier to find, increasing the need for continuous DNS monitoring rather than periodic audits. more

Thirty-Five Years Later, Moscow Comes Looking for the Soviet Union’s Domain

Russia is imposing state identity verification on .su, the Soviet Union's surviving domain, as researchers uncover criminal infrastructure across the namespace and ICANN pursues a retirement process that could eventually remove it from the global root. more

Researchers Warn EU AI Rules Are Deepening Reliance on Big Tech

Researchers argue the EU's AI framework increasingly makes major technology companies co-stewards of regulation, raising concerns that reliance on private infrastructure and technical expertise could strengthen incumbents' influence over how AI rules are implemented. more

FulcrumSec Claims 86 GB Data Theft in Manchester Airports Breach

FulcrumSec claims it stole 86 GB from Manchester Airports Group, including detailed booking and travel data, while the operator has confirmed a breach but not the group's account of its scale or method. more

ICANN Terminates Two Registrars as DNS Abuse and Compliance Failures Escalate

ICANN has terminated two registrar accreditation agreements after unresolved compliance failures, citing Trustname's handling of DNS abuse and IPIP's failures involving RDAP, registration data escrow, accreditation fees, and access to non-public registration data. more