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How the cyber vandals zapped Yahoo

...computer attack that knocked Yahoo! offline Monday was gaining in popularity among cyber vandals. Known as "distributed coordinated attacks" the tactic is designed to defeat... Read more

8 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Hackers and the evolution of the Web

...headlines: "A frenzy of hacking attacks." "Smells like teen malcontent." "How the cyber vandals zapped Yahoo!" A bad name is nothing new for the hacker... Read more

6 April, 2000 by Ted Hamilton

Cover your digital assets: Protect your PDA

...was grizzly bears and stagecoach robbers. In the digital world, it's cyber vandals. And the place where you're most vulnerable now is your... Read more

1 September, 2000 by Jesse Berst

OS X under attack

A well-executed piece of malware could spread through the Mac community like wildfire Read more

1 March, 2006 by John McCormick

A Year Ago: Denial of Service round-up

First published: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 15:45:19 GMT Read more

9 February, 2001 by Will Knight

A Year Ago: Cybergang 'Gunmen' aim for media

...org has a running list of defacements and is frequently contacted by cyber vandals wanting to show off their latest achievements. The Gunmen contacted Attrition... Read more

19 September, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Microsoft pries open PDA clamshells

The software giant will introduce the fourth version of its platform for handheld PCs, dubbed Handheld PC 2000, on Thursday Read more

7 September, 2000 by Richard Shim

News Burst: Palm and DoCoMo to do wireless PDA

...was grizzly bears and stagecoach robbers. In the digital world, it's cyber vandals -- news of the first ever virus aimed at PDAs had some... Read more

4 September, 2000 by Richard Barry

Roundup: E-Britain on crumbling foundations

...27 Mar Study finds a number of attacks go unrecognised How the cyber vandals zapped Yahoo!Tue, 8 Feb The type of attack that took... Read more

20 July, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Old hack haunts WebTV

...this past weekend. The new spin on an old security hole allows cyber vandals to use an embedded URL in email and newsgroup postings that... Read more

21 March, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Has your PC been hijacked?

...found three programs that, together, opened up his PC for use by cyber vandals. The programs -- run.exe, msr.exe.exe and kerne1.exe -- were... Read more

17 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Special: Denial of Service round-up

Some of the biggest names in Internet commerce have apparently been brought to their knees by a bunch of not particularly skilled computer crackers Read more

9 February, 2000 by Will Knight

Does the media cause hacking?

...by the electronic media, including ZDNet subsidiary ZDNN. Whether you call them cyber vandals or hackers, they have the run of the Web, said DeLong... Read more

6 July, 1999 by Robert Lemos

No justification for weekend hacking competition

...Whatever the purported motive though, this is a call to arms to cyber vandals - akin to inviting gangs to go around seeing how many shop... Read more

3 July, 2003 by silicon.com staff

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