One of the clients of Neustar DNS administrations supplier Ultradns has been hit with a 100 Gbps dispersed refusal of-administration (DDOS) ambush. Subsequently, the DNS administration was down for a few hours on Wednesday for the majority of the organization’s different customers. Read More…. For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com,…
Web site covering China scandal disrupted
DURHAM, N.C., April 21 (UPI) — A U.S-based Web site that has covered the Bo Xilai scandal in China became a victim of a denial-of-service attack, the Web site’s operator said. Watson Meng, who runs the Chinese-language Boxun site from Durham, N.C., said he believes an element of the Chinese…
Officials: Major terror plot disrupted
ABC News WASHINGTON — FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. The officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir,…
City’s website disrupted by hacker
The server that hosts the city of Providence website was hacked early yesterday morning, according to the mayor’s office. The website defacement attack “affected a large number of customers of the company that hosts the city’s website,’’ said a statement from David Ortiz, press secretary for Mayor Angel Taveras. The…