A good New Year’s resolution for hosting providers

The District 14 of Alcoholic Anonymous in Springfield, Missouri -or more presumably its hosting provider Lan Artists, had an interesting anti-phishing move. Not only did they quickly take down a phishing site against Paypal hosted on their network. But they […]

Anti-cybercrime websites facing DDoS attacks

Recently, we have witnessed a notable rise in the number of DDoS attacks launched against various sites from the security community scene, especially those combatting cybercrime. DDoS technique has been used for a long time to take down hosting providers […]

Ironical scam?

Scammers’ ideas to rob Internet users seem to never stop. Artists against 419 discovered today a particularly ironical website set up by Nigerian scammers. This fake site presents itself as an official european body in charge of tackling money laundering. […]

Microsoft Patch-Day Overview

Microsoft has published six security bulletins with five rated critical. Affected products are Windows, Internet Explorer, XML Core Services, Flash Player, Netware client services, Microsoft Agent, Workstation service. These bulletins provide patches for thirteen vulnerabilities. MS06-066: Netware Client Service Buffer […]