Attack by hackers brings Twitter to its knees
August 7th, 2009 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (DPA) Unidentified hackers brought the microblogging website Twitter to its knees for several hours Thursday.
Twitter founder Biz Stone said the site, which was down altogether for about two hours, ... Read more...
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Twitter dies, Facebook wounded in social site attacks
August 6th, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The social networking world was thrown into turmoil today with Twitter taken totally down by a reported DDoS attack and Facebook restricted to limited service.The microblogging twitter network was taken offline ... Read more...
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Twitter brought down by DoS attack
August 6th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Microblogging platform Twitter experienced one of it’s longest outages since commencement today with the service still offline almost two hours after its initial crash.
Those attempting to log-in to the microblogging platforms ... Read more...
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US State Department targeted by cyber terrorists again
July 10th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
US federal computer sites have been subjected to a fourth day of cyberattack, with the US State Department saying its website was under attack.State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters on Thursday ... Read more...
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South Korean virus set to destroys thousands of Windows PCs
July 10th, 2009 - 4:34 am ICT by John Le Fevre
The South Korean government has warned that tens of thousands of personal computers are set to self destruct starting on Friday.The warning comes after a third consecutive day of cyber attacks against ... Read more...
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Tens of thousands of South Korean computers set to self-destruct on Friday
July 10th, 2009 - 2:21 am ICT by admin
SEOUL (BNO NEWS) -- Ten of thousands of virus-contaminated personal computers in South Korea are programmed to "self-destruct" on Friday, government officials warn.The warning comes after a third consecutive day of cyber ... Read more...
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Cyber terrorists target South Korea again
July 10th, 2009 - 1:22 am ICT by John Le Fevre
South Korean websites are again under attack from cyber terrorists, with one of the country’s biggest banks, a leading national newspaper and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, all being targeted.The attacks are ... Read more...
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New York Stock Exchange website experiences cyber attack
July 9th, 2009 - 1:44 am ICT by admin
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- The website of the New York Stock Exchange has been the subject of a cyber attack, a spokesman said on Wednesday."NYSE Euronext has been informed by ... Read more...
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Solution to tackle software vulnerability launched
March 19th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) City-based IT firm ChennaiNet Thursday launched a new solution that will help individuals and companies spot the holes in their networking software and fix them at once.
"Our ... Read more...
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New Jersey teen hacker admits to Scientology-web attack
October 20th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 20 (ANI): A teenage hacker, belonging to underground group Anonymous, has confessed to have hacked Church of Scientology websites, say justice officials.According to the Justice Department, Dmitriy Guzner, 18, ... Read more...
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Adobe flash player hacked
May 29th, 2008 - 11:20 pm ICT by David M N James
Hackers are misusing the Adobe flash player. The flash player which is owned by Adobe System Inc.'s has been used in the wrong way by hackers. The details of this development are ... Read more...
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