Terry Trippany on Dec 01 2006 | Filed under: CyberAttack, Feature Article
Computer security experts are being cautious although they publicly doubt that cyber terrorists can do much harm. I disagree for a couple of reasons.
Terry Trippany on Apr 29 2006 | Filed under: CyberAttack, Feature Article
It seems a bit soon to have determined the source. The problem with DOS attacks is that the source may be quite different than what it appears at the onset. In any event we will likely see more of this in the future. It would be nice if Hosting Matters released a statement about the nature of the attack. People are jumping to all sorts of conclusions about what the attack was and from where it originated. They almost have a responsibility to do so yet I can imagine many varying business and technical reasons for why they wouldn’t.
Terry Trippany on Apr 28 2006 | Filed under: CyberAttack, Feature Article
My servers were hit last week. I have solved the problem with complex .htaccess blocking for now. It is important to realize that WordPress plugins such as Spam Karma and Akismet DO NOT reduce the load on your servers. I have implemented .htaccess blocking and it has worked for the most part. That is until they find another way around my defenses and then it will be back to the drawing board.
