According to the latest McAfee Labs Third Quarter Threats Report 2009 instances of Distributed Denial of Service attacks are growing in popularity.
In the last quarter the McAfee Labs observed many new attacks demanding ransom money including those aimed at sports betting companies which were taken out of action during key sporting events to cause losses in the millions.
Such attacks have not only been used to make money, but also silence political opinion.
But perhaps...
Why the Record Label Business Model is Dead
For years the music business has been in the dumps. Since the beginning of the decade, consumers have stopped purchasing CD’s in favor of much more convenient methods like downloading...
Start a business, break the law
Kazaa has decided to join Pirate Bay in becoming a legal peer to peer service. This raises interesting questions for moralistic pedants like me. The full details of the story are here but...
Pirate Bay organises Distributed Donation of Dollars...
Now this is interesting: with the arrival of a demand for some $4.5 million in damages, one of the founders of Pirate Bay has come up with an innovate method of paying it. Gottfrid Svartholm...
AT&T 5800 Accessory Handset for 5800 Series Phones
Advanced American Telephones designs and produces the telephone products that millions of people enjoy every day. AT&T's voice quality, product selection, and reliability make these telephone...
Iris USOA447 IRIScan Express 2 Portable Scanner
Scan Anywhere. Get Organized! The IRIScan Express 2 is ultra portable, and backed by a powerful software suite, so you can get things done! Scan your documents, receipts, business cards,...
Post new comment