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Anonymous supporters tricked into installing Trojan, Symantec says
Computer users participating in distributed denial-of-service attacks as part of Anonymous could be in for an unpleasant surprise. According to a post on the official Symantec blog, some of these
Open-source code quality as good as proprietary software
The quality of open-source code matches or exceeds that of proprietary software, according to the 2011 Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report. According to The Inquirer, researchers combed
10 tips to keep Anonymous away
Distributed denial-of-service attacks seem to have become a dime a dozen, thanks in large part to Anonymous, which last year released simple DDoS tools, including Low Orbit Ion Cannon. Businesses
Researcher devises hard-to-detect DoS attack against web servers
A Qualys senior software engineer has devised an improved denial-of-service (DoS) attack tool that seeks to do its work by deliberately prolonging the amount of time it stays connected to a targeted
Tips for keeping DDoS attacks at bay
DDoS attacks are proliferating, growing in power and becoming more complicated to defend against. What's more, there seems to be a widespread tolerance for the perpetrators, who appear to be more
Hacking group releases new DDoS attack against SSL
A German hacking group called The Hacker's Choice has released an attack tool called THC-SSL-DOS that it claims allows the resources of a single PC to take down a web server. What it essentially does
Real-life disruption after DDoS attack on Hong Kong stock exchange site
The Hong Kong stock exchange temporarily suspended the trading of a handful of stocks earlier this week after its stock trading news site hkexnews.hk was hit by a "coordinated and sustained" DDoS.
Largest DDoS attack in 2010 crossed 100Gbps barrier
The ferocity of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has been increasing over the years, with one attack finally breaking 100Gbps in 2010. This finding comes from Arbor Networks in its most
Is WikiLeaks DDoS a cyberwar? Not by a long stretch
Angered at various companies who declined to help keep WikiLeaks online, a loosely associated group who calls themselves "Anonymous" have banded together to exact vengeance against companies such as
Akamai: We can defend against DDoS attacks from Anon
In the wake of widely-reported Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks on sites such as PayPal, Mastercard and Visa, content delivery network (CDN) provider Akamai said that it has the capability to
