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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
Even fully patched pcAnywhere installations vulnerable, says researcher
Even a fully patched pcAnywhere installation is vulnerable to remote attacks, according to a security researcher. As reported by InformationWeek, Jonathan Norman, director of security research at
Security myths and realities
It may be natural to think that more security is better than less security, but that is myth--and just one among many security myths accepted as conventional wisdom. Network World's Ellen Messmer
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
Web server DoS flaw confirmed by Apache
The Apache Software Foundation has confirmed a severe vulnerability that makes it possible for a single computer to exhaust the memory of an Apache web server, and promised to release a patch within
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.
North Korea blamed for March DDoS attacks on South Korean websites
Researchers from security vendor McAfee have analyzed the botnet responsible for a 10-day DDoS attack that paralyzed a number of South Korean websites in March. In a detailed 16-page report, McAfee
Amazon EC2 link to Sony hack shows how cybercriminals are co-opting cloud technology
It has emerged that Amazon's EC2 cloud-based infrastructure was used by the hackers that made off with the personal details of over 80 million users on Sony's PlayStation Network. The fact that EC2
Wordpress.com bit by 'extremely large' DDoS attack
Blog host Wordpress.com was yesterday hit by an 'extremely large' DDoS attack that the company says is its largest and most sustained in its six-years of operation. All three data centers run by
