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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.
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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.
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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.
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Six Apart Ltd.
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distributed denial of service
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anti-spam
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LiveJournal
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TypePad
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blog
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blog posting
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spammer
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traffic
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spam
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security
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'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.
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Akamai Technologies Inc.
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bot
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zombie
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home PC
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attacker
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Yahoo! Inc.
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server
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Google Inc.
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Apple Computer
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security
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PC
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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F-Secure Corp.
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emerging market
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mobile phone
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threat
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India
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phishing
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attack
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CEO
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security
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PC
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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.
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RSA Security Inc.
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antivirus
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conference
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trojan horse
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server
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PC
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'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.
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Final Fantasy
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attack
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Japan
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Europe
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North America
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server
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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.
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Arbor Networks
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FortGuard Firewall 2.2
Protect your computer against DDoS attacks.
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intrusion prevention system
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packet
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TCP
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protection
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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.
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Lycos Inc.
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bandwidth
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Web portal
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spammer
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anti-spam
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spam
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portal
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screensaver
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China
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denial of service
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DNS servers do hackers' dirty work
March 24, 2006
New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business.
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DNS server
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Nominum Inc.
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DNS
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assault
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VeriSign Inc.
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chief scientist
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target
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server
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domain name
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IP address
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IP
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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.
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Kaspersky Lab
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antivirus company
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tactic
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radar
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spam
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Blaster worm
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author
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virus
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PC
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e-mail
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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.
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BitTorrent
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P2P
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administrator
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denial of service
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file-sharing
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server
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PC
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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.
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Lycos Inc.
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spammer
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Internet portal
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bandwidth
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denial of service
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distributed denial of service
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F-Secure Corp.
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spam
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attack
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screensaver
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e-mail
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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.
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Lycos Inc.
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anti-spam
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spammer
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Web portal
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screensaver
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spam
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F-Secure Corp.
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campaign
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law
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portal
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PC
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Laptop Mail Server 2.5
SMTP/POP3 server for laptop
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