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How a denial-of-service attack works
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some details about denial-of-service attacks, like the one Thursday against Twitter.
Tech 101: How a denial-of-service attack works
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory - a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean ...
Spam down but 'zombie' armies growing: McAfee
May 07, 2009 |
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Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of "zombie" computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee.
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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.
Spate of Living Dead Flicks May Prove Dracula’s Lost his Bite
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Are zombies the new vampires? Not exactly, but they could be the country’s monster crush du jour, says Texas Tech University pop-culture guru Rob Weiner.
Aussies to monitor Net for zombies
Nov 07, 2005 |
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The Australian government has launched a trial program to ferret out "zombie" computers that have been hijacked to send out spam or viruses.
Zombie worms found in Britain's North Sea
Oct 19, 2005 |
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So-called zombie worms that feed on bones of dead whales have reportedly been found in England's North Sea. Scientists say the worms belong to a new class of marine organism that scavenges whale carcasses, The Independent rep ...
Mahalo vouches for criminal hacker in its midst
Mar 06, 2009 |
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The founder of young Internet search engine Mahalo explained on Thursday how a convicted hacker wound up a cherished member of their team.
Stubbs The Zombie
Dec 22, 2005 |
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In the midst of a futuristic city, a rotting, green-skinned zombie in a fedora hat and ruined suit shambles across the landscape. Spotting a lone citizen, he quietly creeps up, grabs his prey and begins to chew through the ...
Twitter goes down, users 'tweet' about it
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Twitter went down on Thursday prompting devotees of the micro-blogging service to share how they coped without it.
'Fallout 3' crowned videogame of the year
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Post-apocalyptic adventure "Fallout 3" has been crowned Game of the Year at a major gathering of videogame makers in San Francisco.
New weapons needed for the war on junk email
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Today's spam filters are highly effective, but they may be no match for spammers seeking new ways to fool people into visiting commercial websites or downloading rogue software carrying viruses, worms, spyware, or other dangerous ...
Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have uncovered one of the most notorious zombie networks, the Torpig botnet, by collecting 70GB of data that was stolen in just 10 days.
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