PlayStation clambers back online days after DDoS attack PARALYSED network [Mon Dec 29 2014]

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Sony fingers DDoS attackers for ruining PlayStation's Xmas
Malefactors turned festivities into a turkey for online gamers
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFv

PlayStation clambers back online days after DDoS attack PARALYSED
network
Gaming service STILL struggling to return to life
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFm

Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets
Crimeware-as-a-Service
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFk

Lizard Squad hacking gang moves from PlayStation, Xbox Live to Tor
Floods network with 3,000 relays, project devs shrug
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFe

NSA's Christmas Eve confession: We unlawfully spied on you for 12
years, soz
Agency cynically dumps blunder dossier at 1:30pm on Dec 24
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFd

ISC.org website hacked: Scan your PC for malware if you stopped by
Cryptographically signed BIND, DHCP code safe, we're told
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dFc

Online armour: Duncan Campbell's tech chief on anonymity 101
Of Tor, TAILS and Jabber
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dF8

White hats do an NSA, figure out LIVE PHONE TRACKING via protocol vuln
SS7 hole already used in Ukraine & Russia
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dF6

Christmas Eve email asked Oz telcos for metadata retention costs by Jan
9th
7-day extension allowed for questions inc. 36-month retention option
and benefits to telcos of storing data
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dF2

Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS
11-hour incident blocked traffic from reaching rackspace.com and some
subdomains
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ICANN's technical competence queried by Verisign report
Upcoming dossier highlights dozens of problems with domain name
overseer
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dEx

POS malware crooks hack IP cams to validate targets
Is that a cash register or are you just pleased to see ,e?
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dEw

Hack flings bootkits from Macs' Thunderbolts
Thunderbolt not lightning, very, very frightening
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dEv

JPMorgan Chase mega-hack was a simple two-factor auth fail
Bank bods didn't follow security 101, mayhem happened
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dEg

GCHQ: We can't track crims any more thanks to Snowden
Whinge, whine, sniffle, et cetera
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dEd

Doh! WikiLeaks' PDF viewer springs XSS vuln
Just link directly to the docs, says frustrated surfer
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dE7

EU flings €1m at open source security audit wheeze
Might also think about encrypting stuff. Maybe. You know... next year,
perhaps?
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dE4

China fingered for Afghan Govt attacks
Aussie embassy among Govt websites serving malware
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dE3

Easy Tinder prank hack lets you play stupid cupid
Engineer details method for 45-minute romp arranging dates for
unwitting mates
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dE2

Microsoft patch mashes Office forms and macros
Fixing Redmond's fixes … AGAIN!
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDW

Sucker for punishment? Join Sony's security team
Wanted: experienced hacker to pen 'cohesive vulnerability management
strategy'
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDU

Edu-apps may be STALKING YOUR KIDS, feds warn
Vendors scolded over possible privacy violations
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDK

NUKE HACK fears prompt S Korea cyber-war exercise
Reactor blueprints leaked on social media
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDE

Sneaky Russian hackers slurped $15 MILLION from banks
ATM malware, remote employee monitoring - you name it, they did it
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDy

Hackers pop German steel mill, wreck furnace
Phishing proves too hot for plant
http://go.reg.cx/ml/9e7f3/54c977ff/2dae58b7/2dDp


*** Whitepaper ***

The Escalating Threat of DDoS Attacks
With increasing frequency and scale, some of the world's largest data center and network operators are suffering from crippling Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/d/e35/9e7f3/814/92fe8dff?td=week_sec_e



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