There's a lot more at http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&; articleId=9112443&source=rss_topic17
"Rather than blame the notorious Russian Business Network -- as researcher Jart Armin did over the weekend -- other researchers said today that it appears that the attacks originated from a "hacker militia" of Russian botnet herders and volunteers. " Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gadi Evron Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [funsec] Dancho on Georgian Internet attacks Here's an interesting blog by Dancho Danchev. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1670 While he gives some interesting information, he also jumps to conclusions he really can't in every single paragraph. When defending the Israeli government's Internet, these types of attacks would be routine. While the possibility of state-sponsored action can't be completely ruled out it is simply too premature to tell and although the web sites and the impact on Georgian Internet visibility are both clear, as Internet attacks go it is not yet out of the ordinary. Am I missing something? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
