The attack, which began Tuesday at about 5:30 a.m. Eastern time, was the most significant attack against the root servers since an October 2002 distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, said Ben Petro, senior vice president of services with Internet service provider Neustar. Root servers manage the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), used to translate [...]
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A possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could let attackers run applications on PCs running
Vista.
An attacker could send an e-mail with a malicious link that, when clicked on, would execute a program on the PC without warning, according to a description of the problem published Friday on a widely read security mailing list called Full [...]
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Most computer attacks originate in U.S.
By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report.
Researchers at Cupertino-based Symantec Corp. also found that fierce competition in [...]
I just read CNET reporter Joris Evers’ article about new spy software that hides on cell phones. I think it’s outrageous, but I guess it shouldn’t be too surprising since there’s already spyware for your automobile. This spyware for cell phones is called FlexiSpy. FlexiSpy went on the market March 1 and is advertised as [...]
If you haven’t changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder.
Attackers could change the configuration of home routers using JavaScript code, security researchers at Indiana University and Symantec have discovered. The researchers first
published their work in December, but Symantec publicized the findings on Thursday.
The researchers found [...]
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another trojan, this time targeting MSN Live logins for. The trojan has been made public by some kind citizen calling himself “Our Godfather” on the BitTorrent network.
The sad thing is…I guess it works and hundreds of people will have installed it.
Malware designed to steal users’ Windows Live Messenger password has been [...]