There's a part of me that wishes this would happen so the trend would be less relying on the internet and less power for google facebook etc.
On Sep 15, 2016 4:38 PM, "Brian Bednarek" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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