2014
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Botnet masters using Tor to hide control tools for ZOMBIE SLAVES
Bet you’re shocked to hear that, aren’t you? The Tor anonymisation network is being used to hide 900 botnet and cybercrime-related hidden services, according to Kaspersky Lab.…
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Cisco patches enterprise wireless vulns
Everything from DoS to device access Cisco has issued patches and mitigation instructions for 16 of its wireless products, to take care of a number of denial of…
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DDoS cyber attacks get bigger, smarter, more damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet. While some attackers are diehard activists,…
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Why is Meetup Site Down? Hacker Attempts to Extort $300 From CEO Scott Heiferman
The Meetup site is down after a hacker attempted to extort $300 from the site’s CEO Scott Heiferman. The social networking site was the victim of a DDoS…
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Miscreant menaces Meetup, minuscule money mania mashed
$300 or the trendy website gets it … and the website got it Meetup.com has gone public with one of the most paltry ransom demands The Register has…
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Cyber crooks will go after medical records next
As security firms and law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate and successfully take down botnets, cyber crooks will be forced to look for new and more lucrative targets,…
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DDoS Attack! Is Regulation The Answer?
Four security experts weigh in on why there’s been little progress in combating DDoS attacks and how companies can start fighting back. The scale, diversity, and magnitude of…
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Crap hospital databases next goldmine for cyber-crooks, say Microsoft’s botnet slayers
Your medical files are worth big bucks to fraudsters RSA 2014 The low levels of security in healthcare IT systems, and the high value of its data,…
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The rise of UDP-based DDoS attacks
The DDoS war is ramping up with the use of network time protocol (NTP) amplification to paralyse, not just individual organisation’s networks, but potentially large proportions of general…
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Cyber attacks ready to lay siege to 2014 World Cup
Brazilian hackers have issued threats to disrupt this summer’s FIFA World Cup and there are worries that the telecommunications infrastructure won’t be able to cope with the attacks.…