Distribute.IT hit by 'malicious attack' 

Distribute.IT hit by 'malicious attack'

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 14 June 2011 7:51 AM
Updated: Service restoration begins.
Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown 

Microsoft details Rustock botnet takedown

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 21 March 2011 12:08 PM
A million bots at a loose end, still infected.
WikiLeaks furious over Amazon ousting 

WikiLeaks furious over Amazon ousting

In Web/client - By Liam Tung, 2 December 2010 1:50 PM
Denial of service.
Arbor deals with data centre DDoS 

Arbor deals with data centre DDoS

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 19 October 2010 3:52 PM
Breaks out threat management system as standalone box.
Vocus acts on DDoS  

Vocus acts on DDoS

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 1 September 2010 4:02 PM
Deploys Arbor technology in network.
Over 50% of apps vulnerable to security breaches 

Over 50% of apps vulnerable to security breaches

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 3 March 2010 2:52 PM
As Microsoft divulges IE flaw work-around.
US branded dirtiest web hosting nation 

US branded dirtiest web hosting nation

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 4 February 2010 11:46 AM
Sophos report warns that US hosters need to clean up their act.
Spammers taking advantage of free online hosters 

Spammers taking advantage of free online hosters

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 12 January 2010 9:40 AM
McAfee report highlights new trend.
Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam 

Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 9 December 2009 11:32 AM
Messages appear to come from trusted web hosting providers.
Gumblar mutates into spam beast 

Gumblar mutates into spam beast

In Messaging - By Brett Winterford, 3 August 2009 10:29 AM
Local shared web host hit hard.
ImageShack hit by hacking group 

ImageShack hit by hacking group

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 14 July 2009 10:22 AM
The image-hosting site ImageShack was compromised over the weekend.
Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed 

Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 13 April 2009 5:51 PM
A hacker has dumped active credit card numbers of users of the popular Web Hosting Talk forums online less than 24 hours after the site restored the lion’s share of data ...
Cybercrime-as-a-service takes off 

Cybercrime-as-a-service takes off

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 12 March 2009 2:52 PM
Malware writers that sell toolkits online for as little as $400 will now configure and host the attacks as a service for another $50, a security expert has said.
Barack Obama site hosting trojan 

Barack Obama site hosting trojan

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 January 2009 10:42 AM
President Obama supporters wanting to view videos made by other fans of the newly inaugurated leader might soon find themselves infected with a virus.
Abuse of free web hosting and blogging sites to increase in 2009 

Abuse of free web hosting and blogging sites to increase in 2009

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 13 January 2009 10:46 AM
Abuse of free web hosting and blogging sites by spammers will increase in 2009.
ICANN recommendations on fast-flux hosting not tough enough: experts 

ICANN recommendations on fast-flux hosting not tough enough: experts

In Risk - By Jack Rogers, 13 March 2008 9:45 AM
Security experts have expressed skepticism that recent recommendations from ICANN for combatting fast-flux hosting will do much to stop the practice, which is utilised by ...
Web hosting firm harbours virus 

Web hosting firm harbours virus

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 24 August 2007 3:29 PM
Internet monitoring firm Websense has claimed that IT management firm EDB is hosting malicious files on its web page.
Number of malware hosting websites soars 

Number of malware hosting websites soars

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 July 2007 11:36 AM
A record number of websites are hosting keylogging malware to steal sensitive personal information, new figures show.
Google Pages hosting phishing attacks 

Google Pages hosting phishing attacks

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 26 June 2007 9:23 AM
Researchers are warning internet users to be on the lookout for website scams appearing on Google Pages.
Attackers target Russian hosting firm 

Attackers target Russian hosting firm

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 5 December 2006 10:12 AM
A Russian hosting company with ties to the UK and the US has become the victim of a huge hack attack, a security firm warned today.
Google apologises for hosting Kama Sutra worm 

Google apologises for hosting Kama Sutra worm

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 9 November 2006 7:43 PM
Google apologised to users of its video group this week for unintentionally hosting a version of the infamous Kama Sutra Worm.
U.K. servers caught hosting new generation phising scam  

U.K. servers caught hosting new generation phising scam

By William Eazel, 29 November 2005 4:16 PM
Security experts warned of a new phishing attack that does not target any particular financial or ecommerce brand.
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