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- gcluley: Has Google said your PC is infected with DNS Changer malware? http://t.co/9muMA7zt26 minutes ago
- SophosSupport: Advisory: Sophos Endpoint v 9.5 and 9.7: automatic upgrade to v 10, reboot required: http://t.co/8KxlQ0Nq34 minutes ago
- SophosLabs: 4 yrs jail for man who masterminded Bredolab botnet of 30 million computers http://t.co/yq2q5tkG #huzzah!53 minutes ago
- SophosLabs: Learn more about analog computing - and Bob Moog! http://t.co/B0dQjMdkabout 1 hour ago
- gcluley: DDoS attack brings down UK webhosting firm 123-reg http://t.co/kMwKEhRS (via @regvulture)about 2 hours ago
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WordPress.com targeted by DDoS attack
WordPress.com, home to millions of blogs around the world, is currently being hit by an "extremely large" distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Report reveals the dirty dozen top spam-relaying countries
A new report by Sophos has revealed the top twelve spam-relaying countries - and, once again, it's bad news for the United States.
Are DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks against the law?
Is it sensible to volunteer to be part of a distributed denial-of-service attack? Learn first about the legality, and the other DDoSers who may have gone before you, and ended up in jail.
Scottish hacker jailed for 18 months after widespread malware attack
Do you remember the widespread Stinx malware attack in 2006?
M00p cybercrime gang member Matthew Anderson, aka "warpigs", has been sentenced to jail by a British court.
Man jailed for DDoS attack against Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and Rudy Giuliani
Just because you don't agree with someone's political views isn't a good reason to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack against them. Former student pays the price for botnet activities.
October roundup - "90 Second News"
Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in just 90 seconds! This month: international success for law enforcement; rumour of the month pimps Adobe's shares by 17%; Google's CEO puts his privacy foot in his mouth yet again; and Facebook does something good!
M00p virus-writing gang member pleads guilty
A Scottish computer hacker has pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to breaking the Computer Misuse Act, after spreading malware around the world.
Man convicted: a story of sadistic revenge, online sex and DDoS attacks
Here's an extraordinary story of how an internet feud ignited into an attack which involved sadistic revenge, 100,000 compromised computers around the world, divorce and a man with his life in ruins. A 48-year-old American faces jail after being found Read more…
'Mastermind' of Mariposa botnet arrested
Last week I blogged about the net closing in on a group of Slovenian hackers believed to be connected to the Mariposa botnet. Today it is being reported that a 23-year-old Slovenian, known as Iserdo, was arrested in the city Read more…
Mariposa botnet take down
Readers may well have read some of the news stories posted after yesterday's news concerning the take down of the "Mariposa" botnet [1, 2]. So what is Mariposa? Mariposa is the name given to a particular botnet that started getting Read more…
Kill A Zombie Day - Will you join the fight on Halloween?
Sophos declares October 31st to be International Kill A Zombie Day, dedicated to cleaning-up the millions of computers around the world that have been comandeered by criminals to send spam, distribute malware, and commit identity theft.
20 hippos trying to get through a revolving door
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have been hitting the headlines more than normal in the last week following a number of high profile news stories. For those who don't know, a DDoS attack is when compromised zombie computers around Read more…
