2016
Switcher: Android joins the ‘attack-the-router’ club
by 1 other (via)Recently, in our never-ending quest to protect the world from malware, we found a misbehaving Android trojan.
Another Massive DDoS Closes Out 2016, But Mirai Not To Blame
by 1 other (via)This past year has been one for the record books when it comes to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, so it is only proper that 2016 closes out with news of another massive DDoS attack, reported by Imperva researchers. According to them, the Imperva Incapsula network was forced to mitigate a 650 Gbps DDoS attack just a few days before Christmas.
Bruce Schneier: ‘The internet era of fun and games is over’
by 1 other (via)Internet pioneer Bruce Schneier issued a dire proclamation in front of the House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee Wednesday: “It might be that the internet era of fun and games is over, because the internet is now dangerous.”
Is your router taking part in DDoS attacks right under your nose?
A BWAIN is a Bug With An Impressive Name that has been given special marketing treatment in the hope of getting the right people to wake up and do something about it.
2011
Sneak Attack
(via)Main Deck
1 Angel of Despair
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Crater Hellion
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Dragon Tyrant
1 Havoc Demon
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Nicol Bolas
1 Penumbra Wurm
1 Reiver Demon
1 Serra Avatar
4 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Symbiotic Wurm
2010
Pirate Party asks Anonymous to halt DDoS attacks
(via)The Pirate Party is asking cyber activists associated with Anonymous to halt a campaign of ongoing DDoS attacks against various organizations, businesses and government offices.
Hackers attack with digital kung-fu, demand taekwondo gold medal
(via)After the disqualification of a female athlete who was headed toward a gold medal and could literally kick the snot out of most of us in real life, hackers attacked and it turned into an online fight of digital kung-fu.
Apple Apps: The Legend of Imperial Defence Free
(via)The player became the Imperial Army commander,
Place the tower and the barrier to prevent from entering in enemy forces.
Apple Apps: Hero Wars Free
(via)Now New Game!!
Hero Wars : Angel of the Fallen
is a Defense + RTS game that combined action arcade.
Hackers attack Philippine government website
(via)MANILA (AFP) – – The Philippines on Sunday ordered all government offices to tighten Internet security after its main information website was brought down by hackers.
10,000 PCs hit with new Windows XP zero-day attack
(via)Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug.
X Invasion
(via)Do you have what it takes to save San Francisco from an alien invasion?
San Francisco is under attack from an invasion of alien ships and UFOs! It?s up to you and your trusty WWII Corsair single prop fighter plane to save the city! Will you have what it takes to take on the X Invasion?
Hack attack targets 4.3 million online CVs
(via)The personal details of 4.3 million job seekers may have been compromised in a “concerted and sophisticated” hack attack on Trinity Mirror’s recruitment sites.
New attack today against Wordpress
(via) Note that we are not blaming Wordpress here. I am assuming that if the problem was on Wordpress itself, the number of infected sites would be much much bigger. Maybe a plugin is vulnerable or someone stole lots of passwords. Also, all the hacked sites were on shared hosts, no one so far on a private server
WordPress blogs hit with mass malware attack
(via)Hundreds of WordPress blogs, particularly those hosted by Network Solutions, have been hit with an attack that cripples the blogs and redirects visitors to a URL that loads malware.
2009
Intel chief: Computer attacker still a mystery
(via)The U.S. still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.
Web Attacks Expand in Iran’s Cyber Battle
(via)More and more of Iran’s pro-government websites are under assault, as opposition forces launch web attacks on the Tehran regime’s online propaganda arms.
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