Archive for January, 2008

Net Neutrality Gumbo

January 28, 2008 by Danny McPherson

I made it up to San Francisco Saturday for the USF-hosted symposium titled The Toll Roads? The Legal and Political Debate Over Net Neutrality. I dropped in just to listen, as most of the folks there, and discussions on the agenda, were more of the legal, academic, economic, and even political science flavors. […]

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Church of Scientology DDoS Statistics

January 25, 2008 by Jose Nazario

If you’ve been watching the tech news lately, you’ve seen that Anonymous has opened hostilities against the Church of Scientology. Among their many attacks are several DDoS attacks designed to disrupt their website. Here’s some quick numbers on the attacks.
Looking specifically at attacks in the past week directed at AS7914 (registered to CSI - […]

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DDoS Fines in Estonia

January 23, 2008 by Jose Nazario

Last spring’s DDoS attacks against Estonia continue to play out. First, just a week or so ago an Estonian new site was hit with a sustained DDoS from a botnet. And today, news that an Estonian citizen was fined for his role in the DDoS attacks last spring:
Authorities in Estonia fined a 20-year-old […]

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Storm Loves You - New Campaign, Valentine’s Day Theme

January 15, 2008 by Jose Nazario

Welcome to “All Storm, All the Time!”, this time we delve into the malware that loves us.
I just got this email while I was out to lunch. I suspected Storm, so I grabbed it and sure enough, inspection reveals it’s a pointer to a storm node.

> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:49:11 +0200
> From: olivier@aiyaracenter.com
> […]

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Security Bites Podcast: Here come the HTTP botnets

January 11, 2008 by Arbor Networks

CNET’s Robert Vamosi talks with Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks about the emergence of HTTP-controlled botnets

 
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