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Suspected Botnet tried to DDoS Internet by attacking root DNS servers Someone tried to break the Internet last week by DDoS the root DNS servers. Fortunately, It didn’t work. For two and a half hours on November 30 a barrage of requests — five million queries every second — hit most of the Internet’s 13

MICROSOFT is giving Internet Explorer users a few weeks to upgrade their browser or become vulnerable to cyber attacks. UPGRADE: Microsoft wants all users to ditch Internet Explorer within five weeks If you hadn’t already heard the news, Microsoft’s famous Internet Explorer browser is officially dead. With the launch of Windows 10 the US tech giant

Hello Barbie, hello another kid security nightmare Connected kids toys continue to face growing pains, with Mattel’s Hello Barbie the latest to show worrying flaws that could leave children exposed to hacks. The talking, WiFi-connected doll was announced earlier this year, as Mattel attempted to bring its iconic dress-up toy into the 21st century by

‘Ponmocup’ botnet controlled 2.4 million infections at its peak in 2011 and now holds about half a million machines under its power. Botconf One of the world’s most successful, oldest, and largest botnets is an underestimated and largely-unknown threat that has over time infected 15 million machines and made millions plundering bank accounts. The findings

“Massive” breach in Australia Meteorology Service may have exposed network connections to Defense, other agencies According to a government official quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, China is responsible for a breach at the Bureau of Meteorology, which may have allowed attackers to gain access to sensitive national security data. The Australian weather bureau hosts a

Netflix lets multiple people use an account at the same time, and this feature is great when it allows you to mooch off a friend’s account without inconveniencing them. But one problem with this policy is that it has inadvertently created a black market for “access” to stolen Netflix accounts. A recent report by McAfee Labs revealed you can

Vtech Hacked A hacker got into a customer database for the Learning Lodge app store, where parents can download apps, games and e-books for VTech toys. VTech, a Chinese company that makes popular electronic toys for kids, had its app store hacked. An “unauthorized party” accessed customer information in a database for VTech’s Learning Lodge

Dell Backdoor A second root certificate has been found in new Dell laptops days after the first backdoor was revealed. The DSDTestProvider certificate was first discovered by Laptopmag. It is installed through Dell System Detect into the Trusted Root Certificate Store on new Windows laptops along with the private key. Dell has been contacted for