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[News] DDOS Attack Hits IMDB, Maybe Amazon As Well?

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IMDB victim of denial-of-service attack

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| On Friday, Internet movie database IMDB fell victim to a sustained 
| distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that coincided with Amazon.com 
| being offline, says one researcher.  
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9962676-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million 
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses 
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


Botnets Running Rampant

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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one 
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson 
| said.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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