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Third party apps suffer as Twitter continues to battle DDoS attack

by Sue Walsh on Aug 9, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Two days ago Twitter was knocked off line by a large scale DDoS attack and although back online, the site is still under attack and fighting to keep from being knocked offline again. Some of the steps they’ve taken have affected third party apps that use Twitter’s API. As a… Continue Reading »

Korean DDoS Virus gets really ugly

by Sue Walsh on Jul 10, 2009 at 08:12 AM

The botnet responsible for the ongoing DDoS attacks on many U.S. Government websites is getting even uglier.  According to security researchers it has been programmed to turn on the computers it’s infected and encrypt and in some cases completely erase all their data. What’s particularly disturbing is that most Korean… Continue Reading »

Dallas security guard facing charges for installing malware on hospital computers

by Sue Walsh on Jul 2, 2009 at 04:16 PM

A Dallas security guard charged with hacking the computer system of the hospital he worked for was busted by a fellow hacker, but didn’t help his case when he posted videos of his exploits on YouTube.  Jesse McGraw, known by the hacker name GhostExodus, posted videos to YouTube in which… Continue Reading »

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