Thursday, July 9, 2009

Appears it is script-kiddies at work

rockford "The ongoing DDoS attacks that have been targeting a series of U.S. government sites as well as some commercial sites is likely not the work of any government organization and is being executed by an old piece of malware that is designed to ruin files on infected PCs rather than steal data, experts say."

So no cyber-terrorism but this still shows that more needs to be done at the governmental and private levels of security!

Read more at digital underground.

With that Info,

Safer Surfing!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Cyber Attack or Cyber Terrorism?

rockford Several South Korean and US Government sites have been attacked since the 4th of July weekend.

"Although the National Intelligence Service did not identify whom they believed responsible, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the spy agency had implicated North Korea or pro-North Korea groups."

Is this just an attack by "script-kiddies" or a serious cyberterrorism attack?  It's time for some action to secure our Governments networks and at the same time secure our own private PC's and networks!

Read more in The New York Times.

With that Info,

Safer Surfing!