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    A cyberattack that shut down Blue Security also felled thousands of blogs when the antispam site deflected the malicious hits, analysts said.

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    In a twist on distributed denial-of-service attacks, cybercriminals are using DNS servers -- the phonebooks of the Internet -- to amplify their assaults and disrupt online business.

  • Lycos launches DDoS attack against itself?

    Lycos may accidentally have launched a denial-of-service attack against its own anti-spam campaign Web site, "Make Love Not Spam".

  • Lycos anti-spam weapon melts away

    After days of negative publicity and criticism, the 'Make love not spam' application is no longer available. Lycos says it's just been too popular, and promises it will be back.

  • SCO ducks MyDoom with new site

    The SCO Group has changed the URL of its Web site in an attempt to head off the effects of the MyDoom worm.

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