Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies

Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.

By Ellen Messmer | 16 May, 2012 02:45

Tags: security, next-generation firewalls, nac, Forrester Research, fbi, ddos, anonymous, Access control and authentication

LulzSec is back; Anonymous targets Imperva

Hacker collective LulzSec, six of whose members were arrested earlier this month, will resume active operation April 1, according to a video posted on YouTube.

By Tim Greene | 21 March, 2012 23:50

Tags: anonymous, cyber attack, cybercrime, ddos, Imperva, legal, LulzSec, security, youtube

After DDoS and Patriot Act order, WikiLeaks opens floodgates

WikiLeaks made public thousands of US diplomatic cables on Wednesday hours after its Californian DNS host was ordered to hand to authorities everything it had on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

By Liam Tung | 25 August, 2011 09:22

Tags: cybercrime, ddos, distributed denial of service (DDoS), Dynadot, malware, News, Partiot ACT, security, wikileaks, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

DDoS attacks bolster cloud website optimiser

Enterprise product in the making and ‘loved’ by disbanded hacker group LulzSec.

The constant and very real threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at headline grabbing “hacker” groups, such as Lulz Security and Anonymous, have helped one tech start-up pick up new business.

By Liam Tung | 28 June, 2011 12:22

Tags: cloudfare, ddos, DDoS attacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS), LulzSec, security

Wordpress whacked for second day by DDoS attack

For the second day in a row, blog-hosting giant WordPress.com suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack that it was able to cut off quickly. The motive remains a matter of speculation.

By Tim Greene | 05 March, 2011 09:28

Tags: cybercrime, ddos, kaspersky lab, legal, security

13 security myths you'll hear - but should you believe?

They're "security myths", oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that arguably are simply not true - in order words, it's just a myth. We asked security experts, consultants, vendors and enterprise security managers to share their favorite "security myths" with us. Here are 13 of them.

By Ellen Messmer | 15 February, 2012 09:32

Tags: bruce schneier, ddos, network security, security, SSL encryption