Security News

Super Micro chief bean counter: Bloomberg's 'unwarranted hardware hacking article' has slowed our server sales
2018-11-16 00:15

CEO insists Chinese spy chip bombshell 'impossible' Super Micro Computer on Thursday reported net sales in the range of $952m to $962m for the first quarter of its fiscal 2019, which ended...

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Bug in Win7, Server 2008 and 2008 R2
2018-11-13 22:10

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday fixes include mitigation against a zero-day vulnerability leaving Windows 7, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 open to attack.

How to install the SIPp testing tool on Ubuntu Server 18.04
2018-11-09 15:20

If you need to stress test your VOIP (or other SIP telephony systems) installation, there's an open source tool for that. Jack Wallen shows you how to install and use SIPp.

DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty
2018-11-09 10:59

Austin Thompson pleaded guilty on November 6 in a San Diego Federal court to knowingly causing damage to third-party computers.

Hacker Who DDoSed Sony, EA and Steam Gaming Servers Pleads Guilty
2018-11-09 08:33

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah pleaded guilty this week to launching a series of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between...

'DerpTroll' derps into plea deal, admits DDoS attacks on EA, Steam, Sony game servers
2018-11-08 10:52

Austin Thompson, 23, cops to $95,000 worth of damage The man accused over DDoS-bombing several online games hosts in 2013 and 2014 has entered a guilty plea under a deal with US authorities.…

Dutch cops hope to cuff 'hundreds' of suspects after snatching servers, snooping on 250,000+ encrypted chat texts
2018-11-07 05:01

BlackBox IronPhones' IronChat app convos intercepted Dutch police claim to have snooped on more than a quarter of a million encrypted messages sent between alleged miscreants using BlackBox IronPhones.…

‘DemonBot' Botnet Targets Hadoop Servers
2018-10-29 14:12

A newly discovered botnet is targeting Hadoop clusters in an attempt to leverage their computing power to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.  read more

How to install and run the Maltrail detection system on Ubuntu Server 18.04
2018-10-25 18:33

The Maltrail malicious behavior detection system eases the burden of constant vigilance on your Linux server.

Poorly secured SSH servers targeted by Chalubo botnet
2018-10-24 12:47

SophosLabs has detected a new DDoS botnet targeting poorly secured SSH servers - called Chalubo, it is named in honour of its use of the ChaCha stream cipher.