SecurityTeam.usLatest HeadlinesComputer researchers warn of powerful new Internet attacks- March 20, 2006 Security researchers are warning about a new variety of unusually powerful Internet attacks that can overwhelm popular websites and disrupt e-mails by exploiting the computers that help manage global Internet traffic. First detected late last year, the new attacks direct such massive amounts of spurious data against victim computers that even flagship technology companies could not cope. In one of the early cases examined, the unknown assailant apparently seized control of an Internet name...http://www.securityteam.us/article.php/20060320164124803 Arbor Networks stops DDoS attacks against broadband sites in the Netherlands- March 9, 2006 Arbor Networks has tracked a malicious botnet that has been trying to wreak havoc against broadband sites hosted in the Netherlands. The Arbor security team decoded the botnet on 1st March and, after logging its activities, correlated a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against broadband sites hosted in the Netherlands as having emanated from the network of compromised hosts. The Arbor security team contacted the Dutch Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), GOVCERT.NL,...http://www.securityteam.us/article.php/20060309122039436 Mac OS X hacked in under 30 minutes- March 6, 2006 Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability. On Feb. 22, a Sweden-based Mac enthusiast set up his Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the computer's security and gain root control, which would allow the attacker to take charge of the computer and delete files and folders or install applications. Within...http://www.securityteam.us/article.php/200603061443505 |