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  • Sun Grid hit by network attack

    Sun Microsystems' Grid, a publicly available computing service, was hit by a denial-of-service network attack on its inaugural day, the company said on Wednesday.

  • Symantec Web site under DDoS attack

    An e-mail worm is recruiting computers for a coordinated attack on antivirus vendor Symantec's Web site.

  • Researchers infiltrate denial of service networks

    Security researchers have been infiltrating denial of service 'botnets' to study what may be an unstoppable Distributed Denial of Service (DoS) technique.

  • US wants its own botnet for preemptive strikes

    The US Air Force is talking openly about forming botnets to launch preemptive attacks in cyberspace.

  • Five percent of Web traffic caused by DDoS attacks

    After analysing traffic from 68 ISPs around the globe, a security researcher claims that as much as five percent of all Internet traffic is from DDoS-attacks.

  • Botnet fast-flux cloacking and leasing on the rise

    Security vendor RSA has reported an increase in the use of "fast-flux" to obscure zombie computer activities. However, University of Cambridge researchers disagree, saying it's the same botnet being leased out to others.

  • Web attackers get better at hiding

    Cybercrooks who rig Web sites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert said this week.

  • Hackers to target iPhone in 2008

    Its immense popularity may turn the iPhone into a painful experience for Apple, if predictions that the mobile device will be a major security target in 2008 are realised.

  • Europe keeps US from top of spammers list

    European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited mail than the US for the third month in a row, according to a recent study.

  • Storm worming its way through love

    After a hiatus, the gang behind the Storm worm is attempting to exploit people's curiosity about a fictional love interest to tempt users into downloading the malware, according to security training organisation the Sans Institute.

  • A million zombies threaten US national security

    More than a million PCs under the control of spammers are threatening the US national security, its economy and its information infrastructure, according to the FBI.

  • Gmail crack causes spam flood

    The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.

  • Storm worm variant ignites e-mail virus deluge

    Last week likely marked the largest proliferation of e-mail virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini.

  • Spammers arm junk mail with multiple weapons

    Opportunistic spammers are increasingly posting additional threats, such as links to malware, within the body of their unsolicited e-mail messages, according to new findings by Internet security company Marshal Software.

  • Symantec warns of "parasitic storage"

    Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems

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