FYI. Am I the only person just hearing about this? ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <priv...@vortex.com>
> Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super > botnet > > http://j.mp/ZRZksL (ars technica) > > "The unknown people behind the highly distributed attack are using > more > than 90,000 IP addresses to brute-force crack administrative > credentials of vulnerable WordPress systems, researchers from at least > three Web hosting services reported. At least one company warned that > the attackers may be in the process of building a "botnet" of infected > computers that's vastly stronger and more destructive than those > available today. That's because the servers have bandwidth connections > that that are typically tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times > faster than botnets made of infected machines in homes and small > businesses." > > - - - > > Up in the Net! It's a bug! It's a phish! It's SUPER-botnet! > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: > http://www.gctip.org > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: > http://vortex.com/t-lauren > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > > _______________________________________________ > privacy mailing list > http://lists.vortex.com/mailman/listinfo/privacy -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
