Categories
Mozilla

Browser-based attacks up

An interesting article, that shows why using a better browser is an important way to keep your computer secure. Perhaps we need to tell these people to stop using IE and start using Firefox. Nudge, nudge, [elbow in the ribs].

First downloads were the big risk. Then email became the big target. Now it’s the browser. What next?

Categories
Internet

Akamai taken out by bot network

Doesn’t this creep you out? Akamai, an extremely robust network, designed for those who need intensive server-side power, taken out by a bot network.

14,000 servers in 1,100 networks in 65+ countries.

Just makes you wonder how vulnerable the internet really is. Yea, it’s a web, and not based on a central hub. But it obviously still has problems.

On another note, what a wonderful NOCC.