Security News

New DDoS attack and tools use Google Maps plugin as proxy (Help Net Security)
2015-02-25 12:44

Attackers are using Joomla servers with a vulnerable Google Maps plugin installed as a platform for launching DDoS attacks. A known vulnerability in a Google Maps plugin for Joomla allows the plugi...

Hackers target Birmingham City Council website in sustained	attack
2015-02-25 09:17

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hackers-made-24000-attempts-attack-8705246 By Neil Elkes Birmingham Mail 24 February 2015

Addressing cybersecurity business disruption attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-02-25 08:22

Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40 percent of large enterprises will have formal plans to address aggressive cybersecurity business disruption attack...

Flaw in Cisco routing hardware makes it vulnerable to DoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-02-23 12:31

A serious vulnerability affecting the software of some of Cisco's routing hardware systems for telecommunications and Internet service providers could be exploited to mount DoS attacks, the company ha...