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  • 2000: The year of the killer hackers

    Year 2000 is ending as it began, with a DDoS attack threatening a large part of the Internet and failing security efforts fueling IT fears.

  • A rogue's gallery of DoS attacks

    In 2001, even the creme de la creme of network security is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. ZDNet takes you through the latest lineup of DoS suspects. Are you protected against them?

  • Microsoft prepares to be Blasted

    Microsoft hopes to be ready when hundreds of thousands of computers infected with the MSBlast worm start pelting its Windows Update service with data requests on midnight Friday.

  • DDoS attack cripples Uecomm's AU links

    A crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack battered the Internet last evening, knocking several Uecomm links offline.

  • Thousands 'trojaned' through net shares: CERT

    CERT/CC, a US based group responsible for alerting the Internet community to security threats, has today warned that an increase in network share-based attacks may be paving the way for a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day

    The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?

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  • ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5

    ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 is the best software firewall available to PC users today.

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