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Was Twitter, Facebook denial-of-service the result of attack on a single account?
News In the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the sites, computers that have been compromised by viruses or other malware are instructed by the attacker's computer to visit the specific websites... [07 Aug 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News DDoS is not a first response - we definitely need graduated responses. You come to a point when you are allowing criminals and others a low risk in continuing to attack, and there comes... [25 Jun 2009]
Major Online Stock Broker Turns to Verizon Business to Help Stop a Potentially Devastating DDoS Attack
White Paper Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are often the weapon of choice for would-be criminals who target Internet sites. And, as a major online stock broker found out, the threat of a... [30 May 2009]
Help us find the fraudsters, police ask business
News According to recent research by the Corporate IT Forum, the majority of UK businesses, 65 per cent, have seen an increase in cyber crime attacks, with a quarter having suffered a DDoS attack or had their... [10 Dec 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News The majority of UK businesses, 65 per cent, have seen an increase in cyber crime attacks, with a quarter having suffered a DDoS attack or had their corporate systems infected by malware, the Corporate IT... [03 Nov 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News D is for DDoS In the wake of his team's publication of the hack details, Jacobs said, the implication for Oyster card administrators at Transport for London (TfL) was that public confidence in the travelcards could be... [08 Oct 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News D is for DDoS Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to... [28 Aug 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News D is for DDoS Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. So it's not unreasonable to... [24 Apr 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News D is for DDoS He said: "I see the internet more as a shopping mall for criminals with plenty of ATMs around the place. Speaking at the e-crime congress in London he mounted a stinging... [06 Mar 2008]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News D is for DDoS C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cyber criminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents disguised as recruitment letters. F-Secure... [26 Sep 2007]
Cyber criminals turn pro
News D is for DDoS That's according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security vendor Symantec, which suggests cyber criminals are getting increasingly organised. The security company said... [17 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News D is for DDoS He added: "We have seen more vulnerabilities patched over the past 18 months in OS X than we have before, so it is not a foolproof operating system," but he suggested that OS X users are also safer because... [12 Jul 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News D is for DDoS While most email users are familiar with high levels of very generic spam, such specific targeting may increase the risk of recipients opening the email and in these instances, given the seniority of those... [02 Jul 2007]
Windows has fewest security holes
News D is for DDoS Arthur Wong, senior VP for Symantec Security Response, said attack methods used by cyber criminals are becoming more complex and sophisticated in order to escape detection.... [23 Mar 2007]
Ransomware on the rise, warns Kaspersky
News Another factor is the arrest of several people accused of extorting money from companies by launching a DDoS attack and demanding payment in exchange for stopping the attack. Kaspersky... [07 Feb 2007]
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