Sun 12 Jul 2009
Attacks On Government Sites
Posted by Syd Tash under Security
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Over the last week or so, U.S. government Web sites, and sites in South Korea, have been attacked. These denial-of-service attacks use large networks of zombie computers that have been turned into a botnet. They all try to contact a Web site at the same time, causing it to crash. These latest attacks, however, have had limited success.
North Korea is suspected of being the origin of these attacks, but they could easily come from anywhere. South Korea is now warning that personal computers could be targeted next. Your computer could get infected with a virus, and roped into a botnet.
Make sure you have a good antivirus program, spyware removers and blockers and a firewall, at least. Keep everything up to date, especially including your Windows.
