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• Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies

  By Ellen Messmer | 16 May, 2012 02:45

  Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.

• LulzSec is back; Anonymous targets Imperva

  By Tim Greene | 21 March, 2012 23:50

  Hacker collective LulzSec, six of whose members were arrested earlier this month, will resume active operation April 1, according to a video posted on YouTube.

• Hacktivism a key motivator behind DDoS attacks: Arbor

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 February, 2012 15:00

  Hacktivism motivated by idealistic views has been identified as the single most readily-identified factor for increasing DDoS attacks, according to security vendor, Arbor Networks.

• iiNet subsidiary hit with local DDoS attack

  By Spandas Lui | 18 August, 2011 15:04

  Police was not involved in and it has not deemed as a malicious attack, according to an iiNet spokesperson.

• Wordpress whacked for second day by DDoS attack

  By Tim Greene | 05 March, 2011 09:28

  For the second day in a row, blog-hosting giant WordPress.com suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack that it was able to cut off quickly. The motive remains a matter of speculation.

• Website attackers could be easily traced, researchers say

  By Jeremy Kirk | 14 December, 2010 04:10

  People using a tool to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against other websites in support of WikiLeaks can easily be traced, according to computer security researchers.

• WikiLeaks: DDOS attacks reflect 'public opinion'

  By Jeremy Kirk | 13 December, 2010 06:40

  WikiLeaks neither supports nor condemns the cyber attacks that have targeted its critics, it said Friday, just as it appears the attackers are mounting a fresh operation against Moneybookers.com.

• Has progress been made in fighting DDoS attacks?

  By Jim Duffy | 10 December, 2010 12:28

  As the distributed denial-of-service attacks spawned by this week's WikiLeaks events continue, network operators are discussing what progress, if any, has been made over the past decade to detect and thwart DoS attacks.

• Anonymous takes down Visa.com in WikiLeaks protest

  By Robert McMillan | 09 December, 2010 06:10

  A loosely organized group of Internet hacktivists took down Visa's website Wednesday, after organizing a similar attack on MasterCard.

• DDoS attack hits Optus international link

  By Spandas Lui | 14 April, 2010 16:52

  A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack temporarily brought down Optus’ international transit links and disrupted Australian Internet services on Wednesday, April 14.

• What Researchers Are Learning About DDoS Tactics

  By Bill Brenner | 21 January, 2010 02:25

  A corporate security specialist on motives and tactics Jerry Mangiarelli has gained a lot of private-sector perspective on the DDoS threat over the years through his own personal research into botnets.

• DDoS attack on DNS hits Amazon and others briefly

  By Peter Sayer | 25 December, 2009 00:30

  Internet users in Northern California were unable to reach properties including Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services for a time Wednesday evening, as their DNS provider was targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack. The attack came as North American consumers rushed to finish online shopping ahead of the end-of-year holiday season.

• DNS problem linked to DDoS attacks gets worse

  By Robert McMillan | 16 November, 2009 09:07

  Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.

• How to DDOS a US federal wiretap

  By Robert McMillan | 12 November, 2009 12:40

  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they've discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S.

• With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper

  By Robert McMillan | 15 October, 2009 11:23

  Cyber-crime just doesn't pay like it used to.