Web hosting firm Web24 was hit by a prolonged distributed denial-of-service attack late last that allegedly caused some connection issues for users of the Vocus network in Melbourne.The attack started
Google and the Intruders in the China Shop
By Waleed Al-ShobakkyScience Journalist - QatarWeb security is too important to be left to Web firms -- or at least so thinks Google.Back in the day when computers were just computers, rog
Paymate Experiences DDoS Attack, No Risk to Customer Data
Online payment service Paymate is down due to a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack. The company's Vice President of Sales and Marketing Greg Quinn told AuctionBytes the site has been down since early yesterday morning, and at no time during the disruption has any user data or information of any kind been at risk.
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FortGuard Anti-DDoS firewall upgraded to v2.5 Build 10126
Beginning of this year, fortgurad R & D departments launched fortgurd 2010 V2.5 Build 10126, the new version V2.5 on the basis of the original made the following improvements:
1. Enhance defense capabilities of SYN Flooding attack.
...TechCrunch: We Were Hacked
At around 1:30 AM ET last night, Michael Arrington's TechCrunch went down. The content of the tech blog was replaced with links to adult content--though reportedly contained no malware. TechCrunch's a
Chinese Human Rights Sites Hit by DDoS Attack
Five Web sites run by Chinese human rights activists were attacked by hackers over the weekend, as a separate row continued between Google and China over political cyberattacks.The Web site of Chinese
Denial-of-Service Attack Intensity Grows
The information comes from network security firm Arbor Networks' annual Infrastructure Security Report. The fifth annual report is available here, although registration is required.In 2009, peak susta
Baidu.com sues U.S. domain registrar over hacking
Updated January 20 at 1:15 p.m. PST with comment from Register.com.Leading Chinese search engine Baidu.com has filed a lawsuit that blames a U.S.-based Internet domain registrar for allegedly allowing
Businesses fear rise in DDoS attacks in 2010
Arbor Networks report warns of sophisticated DDoS attacks against services and apps Dan Worth V3.co.uk, 19 Jan 2010The number one problem facing carriers and their customers over the co