Written by Here is perhaps one of the most professional tracking websites that I have seen for a Bot. Abuse.ch is a website that tracks the ZeuS hosts around the world. More at https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/index.php
READ MORE »Daily archives for October 9th, 2009
Malware Economy Thriving. Buy a DDoS bot today!
Malware economy is thriving – especially in this downturn economy. You can even buy your own bot from $100, to $ 3,500. Bots that can be used for stealing passwords, spamware, adware, ddos attacks, etc. are now available for sale if you know where to look. Read more here.
READ MORE »Comcast will warn users if their PC’s are infected.
Comcast launched a new service, that will be geared at providing their users with in-browser alerts/notifications about possible viruses / infections, etc. Read more here.
READ MORE »Security Tube.
I came across this website SecurityTube…. this is a YouTube equivalent (if you will) for all things tech. Some of the videos are really good and informative.
READ MORE »Fix your Apache.
Apache webserver has an update – one that fixes an exploit that could enable/aid DoS – DDoS attacks. Read the news article by ServerWatch.
READ MORE »Visit the ESet Blog.
ESet the makers of NOD32 antivirus software have a blog that is truly worth reading. You can access the blog at: http://www.eset.com/threat-center/blog/
READ MORE »NSF to Fund Defense from DOS Attacks
Stevens Institute of Technology will get funded by NSF for Defense from Denial of Service Attacks. Read the detailed Press Release here.
READ MORE »JustBet.com – Sports Booking Website Under DDoS
It is being reported that the website JustBet.com is under DDoS. Existing Justbet players who would like to access Justbet’s alternate URL must call 1-800-274-8313 for the backup website. SBR will update when Justbet is back online.
READ MORE »How to Slowloris HTTP DoS
Borrowed from the link in this article, here is something I thought was cool. Its a DDoS script written for slowly, causing DDoS attacks. The script and its description can be accessed here.
READ MORE »Identifying Denial of Service Conditions Through Performance Monitoring
Here is what I would call a well-written article on explaining DoS attacks, especially the difference between a network level DoS attack and an Application layer DoS attack. The article is written by Ryan Barnett is Director of Application Security Research at Breach Security, WASC Distributed Open Proxy Honeypot Project Leader and OWASP ModSecurity Core [...]
READ MORE »Chinese Game Server Adminstrator gets arrested for doing a DDoS Attack.
It seems even game server administrators sometimes cannot endure rivals. So this game server admin in China decides to do a DDoS to level the competition, only to get arrested himself. Read this interesting article here at CRENK.COM.
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