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Burying the truth? Boycott Novell hit by Denial of Service attack
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| I've looked a bit at what's happening to Boycott Novell, and it sure looks
| like a DDoS attack to me. The attacks are coming from many addresses, and are
| using both sheer volume and easy Web server attack methods such as sending
| HEAD requests. A HEAD HTTP request simply requires that a site replies with a
| Web page's meta-information, e.g. page title, server version, etc. If you
| flood a site with multiple HEAD requests, you'll soon put it out of action.
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| The sad truth is that these days, if you want to blow up someone's Web site,
| it's really not that hard. There are DDoS kits such as Machbot, Barracuda,
| and BlackEnergy, which can be used by anyone with access. These enable users
| to easily select the site to be blasted, and then the programs reach out to
| their bot-network of compromised Windows PCs to launch their attacks.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/burying_the_truth_boycott_novell_hit_by_denial_of_service_attack
I've struggled with it for 3+ days. I'm still restoring data. I needed to set
up the account again.
Recent:
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
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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