The dust is settling from this week’s Dutch DDoS attacks — by some accounts, the largest denial-of-service action ever mounted, channeling 300 gigabits of junk traffic to the web’s weakest spots. For the most part, our tubes performed admirably. Most web users didn’t see anything more than a mild slowdown. Spamhaus, the European anti-spam watchdog site targeted […]
China says US-based hackers target its websites
BEIJING (AP) — China’s military said Thursday that overseas computer hackers targeted two of its websites an average of 144,000 times per month last year, with almost two-thirds of the attacks originating in the United States. The claim from Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng follows accusations last week by American cybersecurity company Mandiant that Chinese military-backed cyberspies infiltrated overseas networks and stole massive amounts […]
Homeland Security warns to disable Java amid zero-day flaw
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned users to disable or uninstall Java software on their computers, amid continuing fears and an escalation in warnings from security experts that hundreds of millions of business and consumer users are vulnerable to a serious flaw. Read this How to disable Java in your browser on Windows, […]
LulzSec Strikes Again
Not long after hacking into Sony’s network, the now famous group, LulzSec, managed to hack into the private-sector FBI affiliate called InfraGard on what they referred to as “F**k FBI Friday.”. The hacking organization published InfraGard e-mails, passwords and personal contact information for about 180 InfraGard members of its Atlanta chapter. The website for the […]
