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The Biggest Cyber Attack In History Is Taking Place Right Now

<cite class="byline vcard">By Dylan Love | Business Insider – <abbr title="2013-03-27T14:14:00Z">1 hours ago</abbr></cite>





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Internet speeds around the world have noticeably slowed down due to a massive "distributed denial of service" attack, reports the BBC.
These DDoS attacks bombard targeted web servers with so much dummy traffic that people trying to access a site for legitimate purposes are unable to do so. It's most analogous to a traffic jam on a highway with no one able to move.
The BBC says that security experts are describing it as "the biggest cyber-attack in history."
The attacks were focused on a company called Spamhaus, which maintains a "domain name system" to connect a typed-in URL to the correct server hosting the appropriate content. With this company's services compromised, large portions of the web became less stable.
A Dutch web host called Cyberbunker states that it will host anything except child pornography or terrorism-related content. Spamhaus blocked Cyberbunker's servers in an effort to weed out any spammers that might host their content with the company.
Now Spamhaus is alleging that Cyberbunker is collaborating with a Russian and Eastern European criminal organizations to facilitate the attacks.
A DDoS attack of 50 gigabits per second is usually enough to take out a major bank. Spamhaus is seeing sustained attacks of 300 gigabits per second. It's only because of its distributed structure helping to effectively reduce the load that it's still operational.



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**p.s. `Space is not related 2 Cyber `Space (Cyber Space is from another planet (lol)

 

Carmakers studying, safeguarding against cyber attacks on cars, FT says

<cite class="byline vcard">Theflyonthewall.com – <abbr title="2013-03-25T12:09:47Z">Mon, Mar 27, 2013 8:09 AM EDT</abbr></cite>

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Carmakers acknowledge the theoretical risks posed by vehicles being more integrated with mobile phones and gaining internet access and are taking steps to protect against hack attacks on cars, though note there are no known cases of a cyber attack causing a car crash, reported Financial Times.

 

Viruses and cyber attacks is one reason why I don't like the idea of having my car's systems operated by a microsoft-based operating system. Call me paranoid, but the possibility of a cyber attack causing my car to suddenly shut down or cause an accident on the freeway, bothers me.

 

This seems to be happening every day anymore. Welcome to the digital age where everyone has a database of information. You hear all kinds of stories about identity theft. Watched a documentary not long ago on how easy it was to get information from unsecured WiFi that would make you never want to use your credit card again.

I was on company business not long ago and got upgraded to a Hyundai Genesis and this thing was like trying to fly an airplane. All the bells and whistles, back up camera. and the touch screen was very distracting. I'm use to ***** and levers, this thing chirped, chimed, and beeped constantly. I couldn't get it started and didn't figure it out until I finally looked at the touch screen that displayed press brake pedal before starting.