Wikipedia has suffered what appears to be the most disruptive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in recent memory.
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It’s not CLOUD computing, it’s CLOWN computing! [Chet Chat Podcast 219]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest computer security news in their witty but informative way.
Would you put your kids on Facebook? 60 Second Security
Watch the latest episode of our weekly computer security video – it only takes a minute!
Dridex botnet taken down, multi-million bank fraud suspect arrested
Andrey Ghinkul, aka Smilex, is alleged to have stolen millions, including $990,000 from a school in Pennsylvania, with a bank fraud botnet.
Google, John Oliver & (hopefully soon) US give revenge porn 3 swift kicks
Google’s putting up search result takedown, the US is moving toward criminalisation, and John Oliver calls culprits “malevolent gods”.
SSCC 194 – Patch early? Patch often? This time, “Patch NOW!” [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. From the very latest Update Tuesday to how we get rid of 10-year-old security holes, here’s the security news you can use.
Interpol announces successful takedown of “Simda” botnet
Interpol just announced a botnet takedown that has neutralised the operation of the “Simba” malware. For now, anyway. Paul Ducklin takes a look…
SSCC 175 – “My, what an ENORMOUS malware infection you have!” [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. For your listening pleasure – the news you can use!
“That’s not a hack…” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our latest 60 Second Security video. One week of news in one amusingly informative minute…
“Dear ATM, kindly dispense 30 banknotes as a test” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video, for your viewing pleasure. From scammers to spammers in just one minute…