Posts Tagged ‘Holiday Weekend’
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
“BRETT! WHERE IS MY WEBSITE!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! MY WEBSITE IS GONE, MY WEBSITE IS GONE!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!! FIRE IN THE MOVIE THEATRE!!!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE… ITS PEOPLLLLLLLLE!!!!!!!!!” These fun emails or voice mail messages (okay, some are movie quotes) delivered desperately, loudly, frantically and usually on a holiday weekend, come in far more often than I would like. Mostly because someone has ignored an email from the Domain Registrar Com
Tags: Domain Name, Domain Registrar, Email Domain, Holiday Weekend, Movie Theatre, Oh The Humanity, Sky, Soylent Green, Voice Mail Messages
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
What are your plans for this Labor Day weekend? I am willing to bet that web hosting didn’t have anything to do with your last barbeque of the Summer, or final trip to the beach, however after checking out Lunarpages web hosting special for the holiday weekend, I bet web hosting will be a BIG part of your weekend events. Lunarpages is providing $50 off any new 12+ month Basic, Business, Windows, Quicksite, VPS or Dedicated plan orders. What do you have to do to get the discount in que
Tags: Barbeque, Bet, Business Windows, Holiday Weekend, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, Lunarpages, Trip To The Beach, Web Hosting
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
"There's no way to prevent future cyber attacks similar to the one that has been targeting dozens of Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea since the July 4 holiday weekend, experts say. Called directed denial-of-service attacks, or DDoS, they are easy to carry out, and the method is simple: Bombard the servers hosting a particular Web site with so many requests for information that the servers become overwhelmed and the site goes offline. "There is no way currently known that can prevent these k
Tags: Brute Force, Cyber Attacks, Cyberattack, Denial Of Service, Denial Of Service Attacks, Dozens, Holiday Weekend, Hosting Site, Hosting Web, July 4, Servers, South Korea
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
WASHINGTON – A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned. The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites wer
Tags: Computer Attack, Cyber Attack, Cyber Crime, Department Web, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Web, Government Agencies, Holiday Weekend, July 4, Secret Service, Transportation Department, Treasury Department, Web Attack
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
News (0n July 4th), from the ShadowServer Foundation , of new activity attributed to Waledec infestations spamming the interwebs. More information, including the malware-laden domain names (for blocking) appear after jump. From the original ShadowServer Foundation Wiki post: “Independence Day - Waledac July 4th Update - New Domains Added” Happy Independence Day to those of you that are here int he United States of America. Just wanted to put out a quick update on Waledac. We have bee
Tags: Activity Holiday, Domain Names, Holiday Weekend, Independence Day, Infestations, July 4th, New Domains, Shadowserver, States Of America, United States Of America, Weekend News, Wiki
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