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RSS criminals ddosWas 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 all at the same... [07 Aug 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News DDoS is not a first response - we definitely need graduated responses. The Cabinet Office official said the government would try to respond to attacks on UK systems by recourse to the law: "Whenever we can, we will... [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]
London Olympics cyber cops hit the ground running
News We are already seeing fraudulent websites exploiting the Olympics and we are considering what potential there is for hacking or extortion linked to DDoS attacks," she told silicon.com at the IT Directors Disaster... [13 Jan 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 corporate... [10 Dec 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News D is for DDoS Each adult in the UK is worth about £14,500 to internet criminals according to the UK's online security guardians. The value of the average UK person's salary and credit card details to... [17 Nov 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 Forum (Tif)... [03 Nov 2008]
Cyber crime heads to the cloud
News D is for DDoS Cloud computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online banking details for as little as $299 per month. Fraud-as-a-service is opening up computer crime to people with no... [31 Oct 2008]
UK struck by cyber crime wave
News D is for DDoS Garlik CEO Tom Ilube attributed the rise to the "professionalisation of online financial fraud" saying cyber criminals were turning to "sophisticated and professional techniques for trading... [30 Oct 2008]
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News D is for DDoS Honey traps were also used to trap several hackers, using results terminals with security holes to lure criminals into attempting to install applications. Faced with 12 million alerts per... [30 Oct 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]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News D is for DDoS It follows an earlier admission by a Home Office spokesperson that the information would be of little use in tackling organised crime, as serious criminals will be able to disguise their... [04 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News D is for DDoS Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital forensics expert has warned. The head of the Serious Fraud... [02 Sep 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]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News D is for DDoS The things are designed to spit out your details, which could now be harvested by equipment easily available on the internet and used by criminals to produce thousands of apparently valid... [29 Jul 2008]
