ABC servers used to mine BitCoins 

ABC servers used to mine BitCoins

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 23 June 2011 2:50 PM
IT staffer turns spare processing power to gold.
Distribute.IT reveals shared server data loss 

Distribute.IT reveals shared server data loss

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 21 June 2011 1:16 PM
Hack renders production data "unrecoverable".
Koobface servers closed down 

Koobface servers closed down

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 18 November 2010 11:26 AM
UK hosting company suspends service.
Servers hacked to launch more powerful DDoS attacks  

Servers hacked to launch more powerful DDoS attacks

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 13 May 2010 1:40 PM
Servers more potent than PCs.
Vulnerable ad servers exploited with OpenX flaw 

Vulnerable ad servers exploited with OpenX flaw

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 May 2010 12:46 PM
Exploits known vulnerability in old version.
Virtualised servers face security questions 

Virtualised servers face security questions

In Cloud - 17 March 2010 11:39 AM
Rush to replace physical servers could leave firms vulnerable.
Network Solutions suffers crippling data breach 

Network Solutions suffers crippling data breach

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 28 July 2009 9:52 AM
570,000 credit card holders could be affected.
Vulnerability discovered that could allow 'man-in-the-middle' attacks on Windows DNS servers 

Vulnerability discovered that could allow 'man-in-the-middle' attacks on Windows DNS servers

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 17 March 2009 10:48 AM
A Microsoft vulnerability has been detected that affects the DNS server and Web Proxy Autodiscovery (WPAD) Protocol registration.
One in four public DNS servers insecure 

One in four public DNS servers insecure

In Web/client - By Dave Bailey, 11 November 2008 10:19 AM
One in four public-facing domain name system (DNS) servers on the internet are still vulnerable to the Kaminsky flaw, according to the fourth annual survey of DNS servers by ...
Unauthorised web servers connected to IRS network 

Unauthorised web servers connected to IRS network

In Networks - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 8 September 2008 9:44 AM
The US Internal Revenue Service found 1,811 unauthorised web servers connected to its network.
Thousands of web servers hit by SQL attack 

Thousands of web servers hit by SQL attack

In Web/client - By Andrew Donoghue, 15 August 2008 10:00 AM
A wave of new SQL injection attacks appears to have infected several thousand web servers, including government and financial services sites.
"Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam 

"Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam

In Messaging - By Jim Carr, 5 May 2008 11:02 AM
Researchers at an Eastern European security company have uncovered a spam-sending scheme of "Byzantine complexity" that attempts to use military and university email servers to ...
Study: Corrupted DNS resolution attacks grow with use of open servers 

Study: Corrupted DNS resolution attacks grow with use of open servers

In Web/client - By Jack Rogers, 17 December 2007 9:30 AM
Malicious DNS redirection at the server level is growing with the proliferation of open-recursive DNS servers, according to a new joint research paper.
Kaspersky launches anti-virus product for Windows servers 

Kaspersky launches anti-virus product for Windows servers

In Applications - By Fiona Raisbeck, 19 October 2007 11:22 AM
Kaspersky Lab has released an anti-virus product aimed at large businesses running Windows servers.
Pentagon servers attacked, but by whom? 

Pentagon servers attacked, but by whom?

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 6 September 2007 9:52 AM
Is the Chinese military responsible for recent attacks on Pentagon computers?
Compromised Ubuntu project servers used in attacks taken offline 

Compromised Ubuntu project servers used in attacks taken offline

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 20 August 2007 6:09 AM
The open-source Ubuntu Linux project had to take five of its eight Ubuntu-hosted community servers offline after they'd been commandeered by hackers and were launching attacks.
'Italian Job' Trojan infecting thousands of servers, end-user PCs 

'Italian Job' Trojan infecting thousands of servers, end-user PCs

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 19 June 2007 9:33 AM
A fast-moving, large-scale Trojan attack using the MPACK web exploit toolkit has infected nearly 10,000 web pages and downloaded malware on end-user PCs, according to security ...
Report: Multitude of malicious code on UK and US servers 

Report: Multitude of malicious code on UK and US servers

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 29 March 2007 11:04 AM
Malicious code is more likely to be hosted on local servers in the UK and US than in countries with less developed e-crime law enforcement policies, according to the latest ...
DDoS attack 'badly damaged' two root web servers 

DDoS attack 'badly damaged' two root web servers

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 13 March 2007 9:36 AM
Last month's DDoS attack on the systems-regarded as the backbone of the internet-badly damaged two of the web's 13 root servers, according to the Internet Corporation for ...
Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers 

Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers

In Web/client - By Robert Jaques, 8 February 2007 10:29 AM
Sustained attack launched last night.
Spammers bypass servers with tropical domains 

Spammers bypass servers with tropical domains

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 1 November 2006 10:36 PM
Seeing unusual email from Tonga or American Samoa? How about the Isle of Mann or Sao Tome and Principe?
Two-thirds of spam servers are in Taiwan, study finds 

Two-thirds of spam servers are in Taiwan, study finds

By René Millman, 8 June 2006 1:31 PM
Nearly two-thirds of all spam relays are located in Taiwan, according to new research.
Three Florida bank servers hacked 

Three Florida bank servers hacked

By Dan Kaplan, 29 March 2006 10:38 PM
An investigation continues into the hacking of three Florida banks' web servers.
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.
Four-fifth of DNS servers open to DoS and Pharming attacks 

Four-fifth of DNS servers open to DoS and Pharming attacks

By René Millman, 25 October 2005 1:19 PM
Over 80 percent of public DNS servers around the world are open to pharming and DoS attacks, according to a new study.
Hackers third crack at Boulder uni servers 

Hackers third crack at Boulder uni servers

By David Quainton, 22 August 2005 3:24 PM
Hackers have hit a Colorado university’s servers for the third time in under two months.
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