March 30, 2013 3:01 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
DDoS,
Denial of Service,
DNS amplification,
DNS reflection,
Secure Computing,
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March 18, 2013 1:22 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
DDoS,
Denial of Service,
Krebs on Security,
SecurityAnyone who knows anything about security researchers and bloggers knows of Brian Krebs and his blog, KrebsOnSecurity.com; nevertheless, here's some background in case you're wondering:
Brian Krebs worked as a reporter for The Washington Post...
December 12, 2010 3:04 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Botnet,
Cyber warfare,
DDoS,
Hacking,
Infowar,
IRC bot,
WikiLeaksThe Hacktivist group, Anonymous, has targeted WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange's Swedish prosecutors among other targets that have taken action against WikiLeaks. This is all a part of "Operation: Payback" which has now expanded into "Operation Avenge Assange." This poster has been being passed...
September 30, 2010 6:22 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
anti-piracy laws,
cyber security,
DDoS,
Hacking,
RIAAPandaLabs has just published an exclusive Q&A with the leaders of the “Anonymous” group responsible for the anti-piracy motivated attacks against the Motion Picture Association of...
August 11, 2009 2:22 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Attack Surface,
DDoS,
Denial of Service,
Security,
Twitter AttackSpeculation abounds over who was responsible for the DDoS attacks that affected Twitter--and to a lesser degree, Facebook and LiveJournal--this past Thursday.
Various sources, including CNN and
In the wake of what is reported to be the 
