There has been quite a bit of news recently about distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks against a number of South Korean websites. About 40 sites– including the Presidential, National Intelligence Service, Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and the National Assembly–were targeted over the weekend, beginning around March 4 at 10 a.m. Korean time. These assaults Read more…
Tags: botnet, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Data Protection, DDoS, Endpoint Protection, global threat intelligence, Infrastructure, malware, Network Security, Stinger, targeted attacks
In the run-up to April 1, the media spotlight around the latest Conficker worm variant has reached a morbid frenzy. From being touted as an “April Fool’s joke” to outrageous headlines such as “Millions of computers expected to be destroyed”–no other worm in recent history has generated this much media attention. But what have we Read more…
Tags: Conficker, labs, McAfee Labs, Payload, Stinger, vinoo thomas
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