New attack hitting Web users through major sites

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Update: New attack hitting Web users
through major sites

Update: New attack hitting Web users
through major sites 06/25/2004 07:05 AM
Internet users visiting some of the most popular sites on the Web may unwittingly be downloading malicious code that compromises their computers and sets up a relay network for a future onslaught of spam, a security services company warned Thursday.

Attack Knocks Major Web Sites Offline
(washingtonpost.com)

Attack Knocks Major Web Sites Offline
(washingtonpost.com) 06/15/2004 10:38 PM
washingtonpost.com - A widespread electronic attack on a company that handles traffic for some of the world's most-visited Web sites knocked several prominent sites offline for at least 45 minutes early yesterday.

Most Web Users Safe As Major Net Attack
Slows

Most Web Users Safe As Major Net Attack
Slows 06/28/2004 11:47 AM

Large-Scale, Global Attack on Internet
Impacts Major Sites for Two Hours
Tuesday

Large-Scale, Global Attack on Internet
Impacts Major Sites for Two Hours
Tuesday 06/16/2004 02:13 AM
FinancialWire Jun 16 2004 6:17AM GMT

Major Web sites hit with gambling suit

Major Web sites hit with gambling suit 08/03/2004 07:49 PM
Google, Yahoo and others violate California's ban on advertising and promoting illegal Internet gambling sites, Superior Court lawsuit says.

Blackout hits major Web sites

Blackout hits major Web sites 06/15/2004 03:03 PM
Google, Microsoft.com and others go dark after an apparent outage of Akamai's domain name server system. Yahoo Mail still patchy.

Major Web sites hit with suit over
gambling ads

Major Web sites hit with suit over
gambling ads 08/03/2004 09:28 PM
Google, Yahoo and others violate California's ban on advertising and promoting illegal Internet gambling sites, lawsuit says.

Major Sites Go Black on Result of DNS
Issues Traced to Akamai

Major Sites Go Black on Result of DNS
Issues Traced to Akamai 06/15/2004 10:00 AM
"Starting at around 8:30 am EDT (12:30 UTC), a number of sources started to report a widespread Akamai DNS issue. Large web sites, which use Akamai for its DNS service, did no longer resolve. Effected sites are Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Fedex, Xerox, Apple and likely many others."

RE: Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate

RE: Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate 01/24/2004 02:54 PM
B. Kinney (Jan 23 2004)

Re: Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate

Re: Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Brian C. Lane (Jan 23 2004)

Attack hits major websites

Attack hits major websites 06/15/2004 06:23 PM
NEWS.com.au,Australia-36 minutes agoSEVERAL major websites - including Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google - were inaccessible at times last night due to an apparent attack affecting internet hosting ...

Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate

Major hack attack on the U.S. Senate 01/22/2004 02:07 PM
Richard M. Smith (Jan 22 2004)

Marketworks Extends its e-Commerce
Platform to Major Shopping Comparison
Sites

Marketworks Extends its e-Commerce
Platform to Major Shopping Comparison
Sites 01/06/2005 04:07 AM
Marketworks customers can automatically provide product data feeds to quickly access tens of millions of qualified buyers. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Major Web Attack May Steal Financial
Data

Major Web Attack May Steal Financial
Data 06/25/2004 09:57 PM
Internet.com Jun 26 2004 1:51AM GMT

Re: [work] Re: Major hack attack on the
U.S. Senate

Re: [work] Re: Major hack attack on the
U.S. Senate 01/24/2004 03:57 PM
opticfiber (Jan 24 2004)

New MyDoom Variants Could Forewarn Major
Attack

New MyDoom Variants Could Forewarn Major
Attack 09/10/2004 12:54 PM
The arrival of four new variants of the MyDoom worm within the last 24 hours has anti-virus experts concerned.

U.S. Suffers Major Iraq Attack, 22
Killed (Reuters)

U.S. Suffers Major Iraq Attack, 22
Killed (Reuters) 12/22/2004 01:21 AM
Reuters - A guerrilla attack on a U.S. base in Iraq killed 15 American military personnel and seven other people on Tuesday in one of the deadliest strikes on U.S. forces since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein.

CNN.com - Sources: Major terror
attack possible this summer - May 25,
2004

CNN.com - Sources: Major terror
attack possible this summer - May 25,
2004 05/26/2004 07:25 AM
Sources: Major terror attack possible this summer .. This won'thappen .. Really

cnn.com/2004/US/05/25/terror.threat/index.html
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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft hit by a major
hacker attack

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft hit by a major
hacker attack 06/17/2004 08:09 AM
PakTribune.com Jun 17 2004 12:38PM GMT

Attack on SCO sites at an end

Attack on SCO sites at an end 12/12/2003 07:44 PM
The controversial company's Web site and file servers are back online after being hit by a denial-of-service attack that cut off access for almost two days.

Users buy more from WAP sites

Users buy more from WAP sites 05/19/2004 10:06 PM
PMN Publications May 20 2004 1:36AM GMT

Apple Denies Major G5 iMac Push At iPod
Users

Apple Denies Major G5 iMac Push At iPod
Users 09/01/2004 10:02 AM
Apple executives are denying any official marketing campaign is afoot to entice iPod users to buy the new slim line mac. By Brad Gibson, Mac Observer (via MyAppleMenu)

Internet job sites a hit; 8.5M users

Internet job sites a hit; 8.5M users 07/01/2004 03:23 AM
Financial Post Jul 1 2004 7:49AM GMT

Attack Said to Blame for Slow Web Sites

Attack Said to Blame for Slow Web Sites 06/15/2004 07:34 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jun 15 2004 11:27PM GMT

Possible Internet attack behind sluggish
sites

Possible Internet attack behind sluggish
sites 06/16/2004 12:23 AM
Straits Times Jun 16 2004 4:39AM GMT

Attack Said to Blame for Slow Web Sites
(AP)

Attack Said to Blame for Slow Web Sites
(AP) 06/15/2004 05:55 PM
AP - Several major Web sites — including Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google — were inaccessible at times early Tuesday due to what the company that distributes them online called an attack.

New infectious Web sites put users on
guard

New infectious Web sites put users on
guard 06/25/2004 11:55 AM
Security researchers and the Homeland Security department warned Web surfers on Thursday to be on guard after uncovering evidence that widespread Web server compromises have turned large corporate sites into places of infection. The researches believe and an organized group is breaking into servers and inserting code that takes advantage of two unfixed flaws in Internet Explorer. The flaws allow the servers running Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) 5 to download code from another server. The CERT is telling users to turn of JavaScript. More…

Rootkit Web sites fall to DDOS attack

Rootkit Web sites fall to DDOS attack 04/11/2005 05:03 PM
Two prominent Web sites that specialize in remote access software known as "rootkits" have been taken offline by a large distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. The take-down was allegedly ordered by a shadowy group of hackers and rootkit authors who took offense to criticisms of their software posted on the sites.

Web Sites Disrupted by Attack on Akamai
Technologies

Web Sites Disrupted by Attack on Akamai
Technologies 06/16/2004 06:16 PM
CRM Buyer-21 minutes ago ... Major sites like Yahoo and Google could not be reached for as long as two hours while technicians scrambled to fix the problem. ...

LINX Leads New Attack on Spam Web Sites

LINX Leads New Attack on Spam Web Sites 08/19/2004 03:14 PM
theWHIR Aug 19 2004 6:56PM GMT

Internet attack affects thousands of
sites

Internet attack affects thousands of
sites 06/25/2004 05:47 AM
Indystar.com - Fri Jun 25, 08:22 am GMT

Web distributor: attack behind sluggish
Internet sites

Web distributor: attack behind sluggish
Internet sites 06/15/2004 06:23 PM
kgw.com (subscription),OR-47 minutes agoSeveral major Web sites — including Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google — were inaccessible at times early Tuesday due to what the company that distributes them ...

European betting sites brace for attack

European betting sites brace for attack 06/28/2004 08:28 AM
Euro 2004 extortion bonanza?

PC Users Warned of Infected Web Sites
(washingtonpost.com)

PC Users Warned of Infected Web Sites
(washingtonpost.com) 06/25/2004 01:53 PM
washingtonpost.com - Computer security experts and the federal government are warning Internet users to take extra security precautions when browsing the Web after an Internet attack seeded Web sites with programs that hackers can use to steal personal information.

20.5 mln Web users visited tax sites in
January 2005

20.5 mln Web users visited tax sites in
January 2005 03/14/2005 06:00 PM
ZDNet Mar 13 2005 10:09AM GMT

Mozilla Firefox Users Annoyed by IE-Only
Sites

Mozilla Firefox Users Annoyed by IE-Only
Sites 04/14/2005 09:51 AM

Rootkit Web Sites Fall to DDoS Attack
(PC World)

Rootkit Web Sites Fall to DDoS Attack
(PC World) 04/11/2005 07:37 PM
PC World - Denial of service follows criticism of some software authors' products.

Mimail worm variants attack antispam
sites

Mimail worm variants attack antispam
sites 11/04/2003 07:35 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 4 2003 6:40AM ET

Akamai DDoS Attack Whacks Web Traffic,
Sites

Akamai DDoS Attack Whacks Web Traffic,
Sites 06/15/2004 04:49 PM
A denial of service attack directed at Akamai on Tuesday disrupted service to major Internet sites, such as Microsoft.com.
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