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RSS attack hVirus Top 10: Klez still clinging on
News Yaha came to prominence as a politically motivated virus, launching a rudimentary denial of service attack on the Pakistan government's website and encouraging Indian hackers and virus writers to join forces and... [01 Aug 2002]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack. Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co-ordination Centre,... [07 Mar 2008]
Internet survives massive attack
News The so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack levelled a barrage of data at the 13 domain name service root servers and apparently is ongoing, according to internet performance measurement company Matrix... [23 Oct 2002]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News The CMA amendments criminalise the production, distribution and use of software for malicious attack. H is for Hackers Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [04 Jan 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News So it's not unreasonable to suspect that that's going to be the next attack vector, particularly as we depend more and more on mobile devices. H is for Hackers Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in... [24 Apr 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News Sisk said: "While the attack appears to be targeted, and not widespread, we are monitoring the issue and are working with our MSRA [Microsoft Security Response Alliance] partners to help protect customers. [08 Jul 2008]
Website defacement contest - mischief-making little worse than normal
News The attack left the security site Zone-H.org mostly inaccessible until late on the weekend and the effects of the contest largely in dispute. While some 500 internet addresses corresponding to defaced... [07 Jul 2003]
Lernout & Hauspie buys Dictaphone
News L&H will use this established customer base, and inherited technologies to attack the European market. Voice recognition software developers Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) has... [09 Mar 2000]
Microsoft.co.uk defaced
News Details have emerged of an attack which defaced Microsoft's UK website. It is likely that Microsoft.co.uk, which was breached on Wednesday, was subverted using SQL injection, according to security website... [03 Jul 2007]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X. In the blog, LMH said people can prevent an attack by "changing the Preferences and deactivating the functionality for... [22 Nov 2006]
Klez: the self-destroying virus
News But the attack may also wipe out the attacker. The Klez.E variant runs a distant second to its far more prevalent Klez.H cousin, making up only 3 per cent of the junk email associated with the Klez virus. [06 Sep 2002]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News Schneier wrote in a blog post that the security company he founded, Counterpane, has seen proof of attack capability followed by extortion demands - but said the attacks he had seen had not been against power companies. [24 Jan 2008]
NASA websites defaced with link to Iraq 'image'
News As for the severity of the attack, "I've seen worse, and it ain't pretty", the engineer said. The US government is unlikely to take the attack lying down, the source added. The defacement archive,... [18 Dec 2003]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News Cotton Traders warned that other major retailers would be vulnerable to the same attack saying its website has always met "leading security standards". The company claims it notified its customers within days of it... [11 Jun 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News These request bounce-backs would magnify any denial-of-service attack, according to Clayton, and could also create incompatibilities with browser-security measures. While Phorm could always just switch off its web server... [18 Apr 2008]
