Security News

Zombie computers in DDoS attack begin to destroy own hard drives
2011-03-08 12:03

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2011/03/06/55/0601000000AEN20110306003500320F.HTML Yonhap News 2011/03/06 SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Sixty-two hard disc drive destructions were...

S. Korea's major web sites hit by DDoS attacks
2011-03-04 11:05

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/04/c_13760843.htm English.news.cn 2011-03-04 SEOUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A fresh wave of cyber attacks hit major South Korean Web sites,...

HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Quits Due to Anonymous Attack
2011-03-01 08:26

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Quits-Due-to-Anonymous-Attack-325042/ By Fahmida Y. Rashid eWEEK.com 2011-03-01 The embattled CEO of HBGary Federal has resigned his...

DDoS attack forces Dutch bank offline
2011-02-24 08:55

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=3F6822FF-1A64-6A71-CE67724BB606D61C By Jasper Bakker Webwereld Netherlands 23.02.2011 The outage of Dutch bank Rabobank last weekend was caused by a massive DDoS...

Cyber attack hits Ottawa; probe focuses on IP addresses from China
2011-02-17 07:42

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cyber-attack-hits-ottawa-probe-focuses-on-ip-addresses-from-china/article1910769/ By Bill Curry and Colin Freeze OTTAWA and TORONTO Globe and Mail Feb....

Israeli security chief celebrates Stuxnet cyber attack
2011-02-16 08:48

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8326274/Israeli-security-chief-celebrates-Stuxnet-cyber-attack.html By Christopher Williams Technology Correspondent Telegraph.co.uk 16 Feb 2011 The...

Alleged White House e-mail cyber incident now called attack from China
2011-02-08 09:16

http://fcw.com/articles/2011/02/07/alleged-white-house-email-cyberincident-now-called-spoof-attack-from-china.aspx By Alice Lipowicz FCW.com Feb 07, 2011 Officials in the United Kingdom now...

After attack, SourceForge speeds move to new security model
2011-02-01 06:46

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9207241/After_attack_SourceForge_speeds_move_to_new_security_model By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service January 31, 2011 The open-source software development site...

Hackers didn't retrieve data in Defense pharmacy website attack
2011-01-27 11:17

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110125_5321.php By Bob Brewin NextGov 01/25/2011 No data has been siphoned off the Defense Department PharmacoEconomic Center website and domain as the result...

London 2012 Olympics faces increased cyber attack threat
2011-01-21 11:19

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/london-2012-olympics-cyber-attack By Owen Gibson sports news correspondent guardian.co.uk 19 January 2011 London Olympics organisers today warned of the...