By now we’ve all heard that Twitter was offline for a couple of hours today, and that FaceBook was running slowly. The reports are that they both were victims of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. While this was limited to sites that, admittedly, have little measurable business value, what if it was a [...]
Twitter hacked by old technique — again by AP: Yahoo! Tech This article came out yesterday. The short description is that a compromised personal email account led to a compromise at Twitter. Although the article is written with the focus on Twitter, this can just as easily happen to you and your organization. Tip: Keep [...]
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Tweet This! Have you seen this on a website? Twitter is often called a microblogging platform. I suppose it is. But, it also can be thought of as broadcast SMS (short message service). It’s kind of like text messaging on your cell phone. I’ve been asked my opinion of using Twitter. What follows is a [...]
If you are interested in a real-world botnet analysis, take a look at the work being done with Torpig at UC Santa Barbara. Taking over the Torpig botnet This botnet is used for the normal activities of harvesting sensitive information from computers that are controlled. Using Domain Flux, the botnet generates lists of servers for [...]
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