Does this mean that on the secondTuesday of November there will be no porn????
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37360814 > > > Sophisticated hackers 'aim to put net out of action' > > Unidentified hackers are carrying out a campaign to find out how to take > down the net, warns a security expert. > > In a blogpost, security guru *Bruce Schneier said* > <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html> > "precisely calibrated" attacks on key net firms had been seen for over a > year. > > The attacks sought weaknesses in the defences of organisations that > oversaw critical parts of the net, he said. > > He said his "first guess" was that either China or Russia was behind the > series of attacks. > > Responding to his comments, one security firm said the range of attacks he > described was "the new normal" for many organisations. > > The hackers used well-known distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks > to probe defences, wrote Mr Schneier. > 'Worrying pattern' > > These attacks typically seek to knock a site offline by overwhelming it > with data. They are often used by extortionists who threaten to cripple a > site via DDoS unless its owners pay a fee. > > Mr Schneier said the DDoS attacks observed against core net firms had a > different character. To begin with they were "significantly larger" and > lasted longer than most such attacks. > > They were also more sophisticated because the amount of data being > directed at victims was slowly turned up. Often, he said, the peak data > rate of one series of attacks would be the starting point for the next wave. > > The attackers also sought to find out what digital defences firms could > muster by employing several different types of DDoS attack. > > "It's as if the attacker were looking for the exact point of failure," he > said. > > Other attacks on the net's addressing system had also been seen that, > together with the DDoS probes, revealed a worrying pattern, he said. > > "Someone is extensively testing the core defensive capabilities of the > companies that provide critical internet services," he wrote. > > Mr Schneier did not reveal which firms had been hit in the attacks as the > victims had shared information with him under a guarantee of anonymity. > > [image: Description: Olympic swimming]Image copyright Allsport Image > caption Many sites associated with the Rio Olympics were hit by massive > web attacks during the Games > > Information gathered on DDoS attacks by net giant Verisign lent weight to > Mr Schneier's conclusions. In the *latest edition of a regularly issued > report* <https://www.verisign.com/assets/report-ddos-trends-Q22016.pdf>, > it said it had seen DDoS attacks become "more frequent, persistent and > complex". > > Arbor Networks, which helps defend firms against DDoS attacks, said they > had been growing in "frequency, volume, and sophistication" for many years. > > Roland Dobbins, principal engineer at Arbor, said it was "manifestly > untrue" that only state-sponsored hackers could mount the most > sophisticated and sizeable attacks. > > The constant hum of DDoS attacks that swept the net on a daily basis were > kicked off by many different actors, he said. > > "Some are nation-state actors, some are affiliated with nation-states at > arm's length, many are non-state ideological actors, and many are > commercially driven criminal actors," said Mr Dobbins. > > "Irrespective of the identities and motivations of DDoS threat actors, > successful defence is demonstrably possible against even the largest and > most sophisticated DDoS attacks." > > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc2g4dTNkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NzM4ODE3OTU-> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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