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09/24/2009   ChannelWeb: The only solution in RioRey....attack Cripples EditDNS, Underscores DDoS Danger In Cloud
ChannelWeb reports on the consequences of DDoS attack on EditDNS and finds the only solution in RioRey
08/27/2009  
Q&A: Trend Micro chief executive Eva Chen
Q&A: Trend Micro chief executive Eva Chen
On securing datacentres and improving the performance of desktop anti-virus software
08/24/2009  
Top 10 Reasons Your Site Isn't Working - Episode 193
Top 10 Reasons Your Site Isn't Working - Episode 193
Reason 4. You Got DDoS'ed - When a DDoS happens, you can say goodbye to your web site until your web host figures where the attack is coming from, and filters it out.
08/20/2009  
Spammers seeking
Spammers seeking "volunteers" to DDoS White House
Cybercriminals have begun to capitalize on the vehement debate in the country over health care reform, sending spam targeted at opponents of President Obama, according to email security vendor Proofpoint.
08/19/2009  
There is no need for Kremlin in this hypothesis or why DDOS is the new poetry
There is no need for Kremlin in this hypothesis or why DDOS is the new poetry
August must be taking a really heavy toll on the news media. How else to explain a recent flurry of half-baked newspaper articles about cyberwarfare?
08/14/2009  
Analysis: Why Is Twitter So Vulnerable To DDoS Attack?
Analysis: Why Is Twitter So Vulnerable To DDoS Attack?
Twitter continues to suffer aftershocks of the Aug. 6 Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack. The site is still experiencing periods of latency and downtime.
08/13/2009  
Twitter's Biz Stone: Lessons learned from crippling DDoS attack
Twitter's Biz Stone: Lessons learned from crippling DDoS attack
Twitter finally taking it seriously. RioRey is ready to assist
08/12/2009  
Twitter Hit by Second DDoS Attack
Twitter Hit by Second DDoS Attack
Twitter has been hit again. It would be interesting to know what mitigation techniques (if any) they are utilizing.
08/10/2009  
Russia-Georgia Conflict Blamed for Twitter, Facebook Outages
Russia-Georgia Conflict Blamed for Twitter, Facebook Outages
From the Washington Post - The theories behind who and what attacked Twitter and Facebook yesterday -- causing intermittent outages at each -- are flying like so many tweets across the Internet.
08/07/2009  
Twitter, Facebook and now Google the latest victim of malicious online attacks
Twitter, Facebook and now Google the latest victim of malicious online attacks
Google the latest victim of malicious online attacks Millions of users affected as Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and Google are attacked
08/07/2009  
At a Loss for Words: The Day Facebook, Twitter Crashed
At a Loss for Words: The Day Facebook, Twitter Crashed
What happened Thursday, in 140 characters: Twitter went down. Facebook went down. People panicked, unused to not oversharing minutiae of life. Twitter back up. Facebook back up. Phew.
08/06/2009  
Gawker May Have Tough Time ID'ing 'DDoS' Attacker, Says Guy Who Caught His Own Hacker Assailant
Gawker May Have Tough Time ID'ing 'DDoS' Attacker, Says Guy Who Caught His Own Hacker Assailant
By Tony Ortega in FeaturedWednesday, Aug. 5 2009 @ 4:23PM
08/06/2009  
Twitter Hit by DDoS Attack; Other Sites Wobble
Twitter Hit by DDoS Attack; Other Sites Wobble
by Mark Hachman and Brian HeateThe popular microblogging site Twitter went down early Thursday morning, with the site's operators confirming the outage on a status blog as a denial-of-service attack.
08/05/2009  
Gizmodo brought down by DDoS over the Weekend
Gizmodo brought down by DDoS over the Weekend
The well known gadget site Gizmodo was off line for much of the weekend and some on Monday. The down time was not related to an thing exotic like a dead server, power no it was a rather plain DDoS attack.
08/04/2009  
Should Your Organization Add DDoS Attacks to its Tactics Toolkit?
Should Your Organization Add DDoS Attacks to its Tactics Toolkit?
Recently distributed denial of service DDoS attacks have been wielded (or threatened) as a powerful and disruptive, nonviolent tool for change.
07/27/2009  
DDoS Malware was Produced in Korea
DDoS Malware was Produced in Korea
The powerful Internet attack that crippled South Korean computers earlier this month may have been initiated by local hackers after all, according to a police report issued on Monday.
07/26/2009  
Tracking the 4th of July DDoS Attacks
Tracking the 4th of July DDoS Attacks
Article from the strategy page outlining how difficult it is to track down DDoS attacks and, how easy it has been to build up large Botnets.
07/24/2009  
Arlington man indicted in plan to attack clinic's computers
Arlington man indicted in plan to attack clinic's computers
Arlington TX man planned a DDoS attack for the day before he was to resign from Star-Telegram.com
07/24/2009  
The economics of how Botnets make money
The economics of how Botnets make money
Excellent article from Viruslist.com discussing the economics of Botnets and how they make money and increase DDoS attacks
07/23/2009  
Pirate Bay Co-founders Sue Dutch Anti-Piracy Agency
Pirate Bay Co-founders Sue Dutch Anti-Piracy Agency
The Pirate Bay have filed suit against the head of Dutch anti-piracy agency BREIN in Sweden, alleging defamation, libel and slander over a claim from BREIN that they initiated a distributed denial of service (DDos) attack
07/22/2009  
DDOS ATTACK ON PANORAMA.AM
DDOS ATTACK ON PANORAMA.AM
DDOS ATTACK ON PANORAMA.AM
07/22/2009  
Cyberattack Probe Goes Global
Cyberattack Probe Goes Global
British authorities are investigating a critical server used in the attacks, which is pinpointed to Miami.
07/20/2009  
Who's behind the Eircom sabotage? DDoS Attacks in Ireland
Who's behind the Eircom sabotage? DDoS Attacks in Ireland
Irish WEB Provider Down
07/16/2009  
Korea DDoS surge mired in hype and confusion
Korea DDoS surge mired in hype and confusion
Interesting article on how the most recent DDoS attacks have caused so much confusion. The attack was assumed to be coming from Korea however the control server appears to have been in the UK.
07/15/2009  
Investigation of government DDoS attacks deepens
Investigation of government DDoS attacks deepens
Excellent article on how difficult it is to find the source of DDoS attacks.
07/14/2009  
UK, Not North Korea, Source of DDOS Attacks, Researcher Says
UK, Not North Korea, Source of DDOS Attacks, Researcher Says
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service Monday, July 13, 2009 10:20 PM PDT
07/13/2009  
Was North Korea Behind the DDOS Attack?
Was North Korea Behind the DDOS Attack?
Was North Korea Behind the DDOS Attack?
07/10/2009  
Botnet worm in DOS attacks could wipe data out on infected PCs
Botnet worm in DOS attacks could wipe data out on infected PCs
Botnet worm in DOS attacks could wipe data out on infected PCs
06/24/2009  
Russian army shows the new face of DDoS attacks
Russian army shows the new face of DDoS attacks
Russian army shows the new face of DDoS attacks
06/16/2009  
Interesting Questions Raised by Iranian Twitter Activism
Interesting Questions Raised by Iranian Twitter Activism
Last Friday, Twitter started to digest the Iranian election results, and the tool became a powerful vehicle for protest and coordination for student protestors within Iran and interested parties outside the country.