News tagged with internet attack
Hackers expose weakness in visiting trusted sites
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...
Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of ...
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AT&T says Web site block was not censorship
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T says it blocked freewheeling Web site 4chan.org this weekend.
Net braced for new Sober virus attack
Jan 05, 2006 |
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Internet-security experts were predicting only minor impacts from an onslaught of the Sober virus scheduled to replicate itself Thursday or Friday.
Denial of service denial: New filtering system could protect networks from zombies
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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A way to filter out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational systems. Such a filter is reported in ...
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
May 15, 2009 |
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Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
A new language could improve home computer security
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our homes. They report details in the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ub ...
Study Shows Thousands of Consumer Internet Connectivity Devices Are Vulnerable to Attack
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Following news reports that 65,000 modems and wireless routers used by Time Warner Cable customers are vulnerable to attack by hackers, a Columbia University expert on computer security and ...
Internet under attack by zombie computers
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Computer code writers in Europe are the chief suspects in the creation of programs that turn other computers into zombie-like slaves for Internet crimes.
Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack
Jun 27, 2009 |
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A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday.
Hackers breach US air traffic control computers
May 08, 2009 |
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Hackers broke into US air traffic control computers on several occasions over the past few years and increased reliance on Web applications and commercial software has made networks more vulnerable, according ...
'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
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