Technology / Tags / Attacks

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 2:16pm neoform

Ars Technica -- Antispam community sites that help combat phishing scams and spam are being targeted with denial of service attacks by malware botnets presumably operated by spammers. The trend was reported last week by antispam site SpamNation. SpamNation believes th.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 8:17pm neoform

ABC News -- Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat Nov 11, 2006 @ 11:59am neoform

CNET -- A U.K. law has been passed that makes it an offense to launch denial-of-service attacks, which experts had previously called "a legal gray area.".. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Mar 10, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The Israeli company's EndoPat device "listens" to minute vascular functions through sensors attached to a patient's index fingers and warns of possible heart attacks Sometimes the biggest advances in health care are made with small steps, not blockbust.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:54pm neoform

BBC News -- Malicious hackers are producing easy to use tools that automate attacks to cash in on a boom in hi-tech crime. On sale, say security experts, are everything from individual viruses to comprehensive kits that let budding cyber thieves craft their own at.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 4:17am neoform

Washington Post -- This small Baltic country, one of the most wired societies in Europe, has been subject in recent weeks to massive and coordinated cyber attacks on Web sites of the government, banks, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and news organi.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 10:46am neoform

Beta News -- In an advisory this morning borrowing language used during previous statements about completely different exploits, Microsoft's Security Response Center team confirmed that it has seen at least one new wave of attacks based on proof-of-concept code impact.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:33pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Gunfire erupted on the Virginia Tech campus Monday in the Blue Ridge Mountains, killing at least 32 people in a dorm and an academic building, in attacks more than two hours apart. A gunman took his life after the second incident, police said. The atta.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 10:00pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report. Researchers at Cupertino-based Symantec Corp. also.. Read More