Security News

What the #!/%* is that rogue Raspberry Pi doing plugged into my company's server room, sysadmin despairs
2018-11-20 22:44

Online sleuths dig into the case, with surprising success It's every sysadmin's worst nightmare: discovering that someone has planted a device in your network, among all your servers, and you have...

How to restore Windows Server backups from corrupt catalogs
2018-11-20 16:45

Check out these six ways to mitigate against corruption and bounce back from a server failure.

Attackers Target Drupal Web Servers with Chained Vulnerabilities
2018-11-20 15:20

A recent attack targeted Drupal web servers with a chain of vulnerabilities that included the infamous Drupalgeddon2 and DirtyCOW flaws, Imperva security researchers say. The attack was short and...

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.…