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FBI investigating new Web attack

...seven other sites. This attacker seemed a bit more skilled than the cybervandals who flooded eight major Web sites in February, Vixie added. "I would... Read more

26 April, 2000 by Robert Lemos

AboveNet vows to nab cybervandals

Web attack halted traffic to nearly 1,000 businesses using AboveNet's services, though larger customers like AOL and eBay had backup plans Read more

27 April, 2000 by Robert Lemos

OS X under attack

...s Mac OS X simply hasn't seen enough popularity to tempt cybervandals when Microsoft offered such a gigantic — and vulnerable — target. But, as users... Read more

1 March, 2006 by John McCormick

Attacks increase on Apache servers

...to know in advance which ones will be exploited and which ones cybervandals will essentially ignore. Some critical vulnerabilities never become a big danger, even... Read more

11 December, 2002 by John McCormick

PoizonBOx hackers leave e-envoy red-faced

...were defaced late on Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. A group of cybervandals calling themselves PoizonBOx replaced government information with graffiti showing a self-styled... Read more

21 March, 2001 by Will Knight

Microsoft investigates Web attack

...there are many well-known vulnerabilities in IIS and says that the cybervandals may have used a commonly available tool to deface the site. "We... Read more

23 January, 2001 by Will Knight

Middle east cyberwar heats up

...sites have been defaced or taken off the Net by pro-Palestinian cybervandals, many from Pakistan, and almost 20 other sites have been likewise disrupted... Read more

6 November, 2000 by Robert Lemos

'Zombie attacks': Web crackdown widens

...private companies. He said Internet service providers were getting "fed up" with cybervandals who use their servers as launching pads for break-ins in cyberspace... Read more

21 February, 2000 by ZDNet

The great domain name robbery

...for these sites were then switched to another provider. So these Serbian 'cybervandals' caused chaos simply by sending a hoax email to NSI. Without checking... Read more

28 April, 2000 by Polly Raymond

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

58 minutes ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

3 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

12 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

13 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

14 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

17 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

18 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

18 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

21 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

21 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

21 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything