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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 285 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: court orders whistleblower site offline us comments Discuss  
A California district court has shut down a controversial Web site in the U.S. that allows whistle blowers to post corporate and government documents online anonymously. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 279 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn pakistan knocked youtube offline and again comments Discuss  
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878655-7.htmlBy Declan McCullagh News.com February 25, 2008A high-profile incident this weekend in which Pakistan's state-owned telecommunications company managed to cut YouTube off the global Web highlights a long-standing security weakness in the way the Internet is managed.After receiving a censorship order from the telecommunications ministry directing that YouTube.com be blocked, Pakistan Telecom went even further. By accident or design, the company broadcast instruct read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 185 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: hackers knocked comcastnet offline comments Discuss  
Hackers knocked Comcast.net offline late Wednesday night, preventing customers from getting to their Comcast Web mail and account records on the company's Internet portal. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 19 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: major source online scams spams knocked offline comments Discuss  
A U.S. based Web hosting firm that security experts say was responsible for facilitating more than 75 percent of the junk e-mail blasted out each day globally has been knocked offline following reports from Security Fix on evidence gathered about criminal activity emanating from the network. For the past four months, Security Fix has been gathering data from the security industry about McColo Corp., a San Jose, Calif., based Web hosting service whose client list...Please click on the title to continue read read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 19 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: net provider accused coddling crooks yanked offline comments Discuss  
Spam volumes plummetYet another network provider has been yanked offline after being accused by security researchers of acting as the mothership that allowed a large percentage of the world's spam operators and malicious networks to thrive.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 19 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: spam volumes drop twothirds firm offline comments Discuss  
The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline. (Note: A link to the full story on McColo's demise is available here.) Experts say the precipitous drop-off in spam comes from Internet providers unplugging McColo Corp., a hosting provider in Northern California that was the home base for machines responsible...Please click on the title to continue read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: notorious spamlinked web hosting service offline comments Discuss  
McColo, a Web hosting firm believed to be responsible for hosting roughly three-quarters of the world's spam, goes offline. Two of the firm's primary ISPs reportedly cut ties with the company after receiving evidence of McColo's ties to botnets and cyber-crooks. - A Web hosting firm reportedly responsible for hosting roughly 75 percent of theworld's spam went offline Nov. 11 after its primary Internet providers cutthe company off.According to the 'SecurityFix' blog in the Washington Post, McColo's two read more »
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