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Google has confirmed that one of its balloons had indeed landed in the sea. The Wall Street Journal was later told that it was difficult to keep balloons in one place because of wind conditions. Revealed last year, Google's Project Loon involves deploying hundreds of these balloons in an attempt to provide Internet coverage to remote locations throughout the world. Unfortunately, the company's endeavors have also caused some complications and were recently responsible for knocking out power lines in a Washington town. … [Read more...] about Google Loon Wi-Fi balloon creates panic in New Zealand

“Observed attack sizes range from ~20 Gbps – ~750 Gbps,” Netscout researchers wrote. “As is routinely the case with newer DDoS attack vectors, it appears that after an initial period of employment by advanced attackers with access to bespoke DDoS attack infrastructure, RDP reflection/amplification has been weaponized and added to the arsenals of so-called booter/stresser DDoS-for-hire services, placing it within the reach of the general attacker population.” … [Read more...] about DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful

"Needless to say, I am pissed," he wrote in a message to Ars. He went on to say that he thought his device was secure because he hadn't enabled any services that explicitly made hard drive contents available over the Internet. "It was my belief that I had all of these options turned off," he said. "I definitely have never used AICloud or had it enabled. In fact, the only thing I've ever enabled myself is the Samba share. However, the Asus menu is very unclear about what is being shared and with whom." … [Read more...] about Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw

Like Google's driverless cars, Project Loon is very much an experiment that's in "very early days." Google says that it has already built the system, however, carrying balloon at 60,000 feet, providing internet speeds "similar to today's 3G networks or faster." Balloons drift, of course, so Google says it's using "complex algorithms and lots of computing power" to ensure that the balloons can move where they're needed using a combination of wind and solar power — potentially floating around the entire globe at stratospheric heights. Google says that the balloons communicate with "specialized antennas," that only work with Project Loon — so it's not using traditional cellular or Wi-Fi tech. On the ground, internet providers can take the signal and move it to the last mile to users. … [Read more...] about Google unveils ‘Project Loon,’ an experiment to bring balloon-powered internet to ‘the entire world’

One year ago this Saturday, Google first presented its plans for Project Loon, a program aimed at blanketing the globe in internet from connected balloons hovering high above the earth. Since then, Google has only given a few updates about its ambitious plan, but today it tells Wired that it has a lot in store for Project Loon over the next year. Namely, that includes actually getting the program up and running and having real people use it. "On Loon’s two-year birthday, I would hope, instead of running experiments, we’ll have a more or less permanent set of balloons," Google X leader Astro Teller tells Wired. "In one or several countries, you will turn on your phone and talk to the balloons." … [Read more...] about Google wants to start beaming internet from its high-altitude balloons next year