Cyber Attacks articles

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  'Largest' public denial of service attack in internet history linked to European spam dispute

  By Carl Franzen on March 27, 2013 12:19 pm + 17 comments

  If your internet service has been running slower than usual lately, your cable company may not be Continue reading…

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  Florida investigating 2,500 fraudulent online ballot requests in Miami election

  By Carl Franzen on March 18, 2013 11:34 am + 10 comments

  The online system that allows voters in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to request paper absentee Continue reading…

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  Security blogger Brian Krebs suffers simultaneous cyber attack, police raid

  By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 06:47 pm + 35 comments

  Brian Krebs, an influential cyber security blogger previously with The Washington Post who now runs Continue reading…

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  White House must now respond to CISPA protest petition, 100,000 signatures reached

  By Carl Franzen on March 13, 2013 03:27 pm + 17 comments

  The White House must issue a public statement on the controversial cybersecurity bill CISPA now that Continue reading…

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  US national security advisor warns China: 'We will take action... against cyber threats'

  By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 06:12 pm + 52 comments

  The White House is talking tougher in its growing public conflict with China over cyber attacks on Continue reading…

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  Why are telcos upset Google isn't subject to Obama's new cybersecurity rules?

  By Carl Franzen on March 5, 2013 08:26 pm + 27 comments

  The debate about how best to protect the nation from hypothetical dire, impending cyber attacks on Continue reading…

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  After high-profile hacks, Twitter announces email security upgrade

  By Carl Franzen on February 21, 2013 01:09 pm + 22 comments

  Twitter is adding a new layer of security to the emails it sends out to users, implementing a new Continue reading…

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  Website allegedly behind hacks of Facebook, Apple, and Twitter says it's 'clean now'

  By Carl Franzen on February 20, 2013 03:54 pm + 3 comments

  The owner of iPhone developer website iPhoneDevSDK says his team has patched a security hole behind m Continue reading…

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  Stuxnet strikes again, Iranian official says

  By Adrianne Jeffries on December 25, 2012 06:06 pm + 52 comments

  Is Stuxnet back? A provincial defense official in southern Iran is claiming that one of the largest Continue reading…

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  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns of 'cyber Pearl Harbor'

  By Ben Kersey on October 12, 2012 07:40 am + 51 comments

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns that a threat mounted from the internet "could be as Continue reading…