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Hack attacks wash out confidence in Net
News In a similar fashion, new research suggests that waves of consumer fear triggered by last week's hack attacks will prove more damaging than the attacks themselves. The findings were released as President Clinton, meeting with computer executives at...
[February 21, 2000, 9:45]
The Day Ahead: Hack attacks become branding for Net firms
News Of course, there are other companies that will benefit directly from the hack attacks. The great hack-a-thon (see Denial of Service round-up) continues as the largest sites on the Web get hit by the dreaded Denial of Service attack.
[February 10, 2000, 11:53]
Government hack attacks dropping
News The Treasury said it had recorded one hack attack last year, and one in 2001-02 and 2002-03. The majority of hacking attempts came from within, the MoD said, describing 15 attempts as "internal misuse of resources", compared to 10 attacks last year.
[July 12, 2005, 9:15]
Hack attacks on banks increase
News Hack attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with over a third of banks and financial services companies reporting a security breach in the last year, according to a new survey. Of the 39 percent who admitted their systems had been...
[May 12, 2003, 15:19]
Security experts lift lid on Chinese hack attacks
Talkback Should China bear ALL the blame or should the OS maker share the blame for the lack of security. Oh, I forgot, once you say okay to the EULA the OS maker is no longer responsible. Sweeeeet.
[November 24, 2005, 13:35]
Security experts lift lid on Chinese hack attacks
Talkback If a PC is connected to the internet all the information on it is avalable to anyone with the skill to access it. I you want total security dont connect it to the net.
[November 27, 2005, 13:34]
Web bookmakers tool up against blackmail hack attacks
Talkback Sites concerned about page flood attacks, or just unexpectedly high site demand, should check out the Hardware/Software offerings from CatchFire Systems at www.catchfiresystems.com. Capacity and Priority models can be implemented within the VM...
[February 24, 2004, 10:18]
Hack attacks: Develop your attack response strategy
News You've been hacked: Now prevent future attacks To prevent future attacks, Bogue offers pointers on patching vulnerabilities, establishing monitoring, and performing an external security audit. High-stress situations -- like a hacker attack -- will...
[July 14, 2003, 10:31]
Hack attacks on home PCs increase
News The last three months have seen a significant rise in so-called intruder attacks directed at home users, according to the latest quarterly report from the US-based CERT Coordination Centre. Intruder attacks are defined as anything from packet...
[August 29, 2001, 17:22]
Web bookmakers tool up against blackmail hack attacks
News Betfair is reluctant to discuss the steps it has taken to bolster its IT security, but did say that protection from DDoS attacks is a top priority. DDoS attacks are used maliciously to force Web servers offline by flooding them with data traffic.
[February 23, 2004, 14:35]
Preventing hack attacks: The must-reads
News Armed with practical advice from folks who have been there and done that, you should be better prepared to prevent and deal with future hacker attacks. In "You've been hacked: Now prevent future attacks".
[January 22, 2004, 9:55]
Are AJAX Applications Vulnerable to Hack Attacks?: The Importance of Securing AJAX Web Applications
White Papers This paper reviews AJAX technologies with specific reference to JavaScript and briefly documents the kinds of vulnerability classes that should raise security concerns among developers, website owners and the respective visitors.
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
Security experts lift lid on Chinese hack attacks
News Security experts have revealed tantalising details about a group of Chinese hackers who are suspected of launching intelligence gathering attacks against the US government. The attacks, which are ongoing, were particularly effective on the night of...
[November 23, 2005, 16:05]
Baffling hack attacks on W2K server
News The Redmond giant still isn't really sure whether the cause of these attacks is a new vulnerability or just poor configuration, but it's leaning toward the latter. All the successful attacks so far have been against servers running Windows 2000...
[September 23, 2002, 19:42]
Linux hack attacks on the rise
News Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from UK system integrator Mi2g.
[July 15, 2002, 16:24]
The dirty dozen: preventing common application-level hack attacks
White Papers As organizations have grown increasingly dependent on online software, the risk of malicious attacks has also become far more serious. Such attacks can bring a business to a standstill, cost a company millions of dollars in lost transactions and...
[September 5, 2009, 1:22]
Hackers: This week's cyber-crime round-up
News This week there have been no less than three major hack attacks of considerable significance to both the public and government. He went public with this information, a move that not only promises to explode the myth that e-commerce transactions are...
[January 12, 2000, 16:04]
Online porn abuse rife in public sector
News Financial loss from IT-related fraud in the public sector is also up eight per cent since the last survey three years ago but there has been a significant drop in incidents of business disruption due to virus or hack attacks.
[June 10, 2005, 10:10]
Why security is an information problem
News Esther George, policy advisor for the Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS), said that the authorities are limited in what they can do when it comes to prosecuting criminals by a general reluctance on the part of companies to admit to hack attacks.
[September 28, 2004, 17:45]
Madonna site hacked in file-trading controversy
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been the target of repeated hack attacks during the past year, sending the site offline several times. Madonna's publicist did not immediately return calls for comment, but told Reuters that...
[April 23, 2003, 8:07]
