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Call to arms against cybercrooks

November 29, 2004 Betfair exec says that more industry cooperation is needed to prevent denial-of-service attacks. TAGS: Betfair, distributed denial of service, denial of service, e-commerce, threat, Internet Service Provider, attack, broadband, games, security, PC

'Final Fantasy XI' under attack

April 18, 2005 DDoS attacks bog down performance of Square Enix's online services; gamers in Japan, Europe and North America affected. TAGS: Final Fantasy, distributed denial of service, attack, Japan, Europe, North America, server

Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

May 4, 2006 DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog, blog posting, spammer, traffic, spam, security, attack, server

Security from A to Z: DDoS

November 27, 2006 Denial-of-service attacks, which take down a Web resource, are used by digital blackmailers. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: distributed denial of service, denial of service, resource, attack, security, server, e-mail

Cyberattack in Estonia--what it really means

May 29, 2007 Arbor Networks' Jose Nazario takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation--and the wider implications. TAGS: Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks, cyberattack, denial of service, distributed denial of service, attack, event, survey, DNS, server

For F-Secure, it's all about the safety net

June 4, 2007 Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses. TAGS: Kimmo Alkio, distributed denial of service, F-Secure Corp., emerging market, mobile phone, threat, India, phishing, attack, CEO, security, virus, PC

Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise

February 7, 2007 Kaspersky warns 2007 will bring increase in extortion schemes to encrypt your data and hold it hostage. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, distributed denial of service, victim, police, RSA Security Inc., malicious software, attack, antivirus, conference, trojan horse, server, PC

Antispam screensaver downs two sites in China

December 2, 2004 "Make love not spam" site has taken two sites offline, a Web traffic monitoring firm says. TAGS: Lycos Inc., distributed denial of service, bandwidth, Web portal, spammer, anti-spam, spam, portal, screensaver, China, denial of service

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, attack, outage, home PC, attacker, Yahoo! Inc., server, Google Inc., Apple Computer, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

DNS servers do hackers' dirty work

March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, assault, VeriSign Inc., chief scientist, distributed denial of service, denial of service, target, attack, server, domain name, IP address, IP

Experts: Zombies ousting viruses

May 25, 2005 Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, malicious software, epidemic, distributed denial of service, antivirus, tactic, radar, spam, trojan horse, Blaster worm, author, virus, PC, e-mail

BitTorrent servers under attack

December 2, 2004 File sharers on at least one hub of the peer-to-peer network were shut out for 10 hours, an admistrator says. TAGS: BitTorrent, P2P, distributed denial of service, attack, administrator, denial of service, file-sharing, server, PC

Antispam campaign bites the dust

December 6, 2004 Lycos Europe throws in the towel on its controversial attempt to enlist PCs to deluge spammers' sites. TAGS: Lycos Inc., anti-spam, spammer, Web portal, denial of service, distributed denial of service, screensaver, spam, F-Secure Corp., campaign, law, portal, PC

Lycos Europe denies attack on zombie army

December 1, 2004 Defacement of "Make love not spam" site was a hoax, not a hack, the Internet portal says. TAGS: Lycos Inc., spammer, Internet portal, bandwidth, denial of service, distributed denial of service, F-Secure Corp., spam, attack, screensaver, e-mail
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