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The Apache Software Foundation has announced a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects all versions of the ubiquitous Apache web server, leaving up to 65% of all websites vulnerable. A denial of service attack works by flooding a server with information and making it so busy that it locks-up and becomes useless. Normally an attacker would have […]

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A 22-year-old student has been charged by British police in connection with denial-of-service attacks carried out by the Anonymous hacktivist group. Peter David Gibson, of Hartlepool, County Durham, was arrested on April 5th by the PCeU (Police Central e-Crime Unit) as part of a police investigation into a series of high profile DDoS attacks against […]

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A fundraising drive by Ron Paul was disrupted this weekend by an internet attack against his website. Texas Congressman Paul, who hopes to win the Republican party’s nomination for the United States 2012 presidential election, timed his so-called “money bomb” to coincide with his 76th birthday. However, a statement on Ron Paul’s Facebook page said […]

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