Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes that has claimed responsibility for a series of Internet attacks against organizations perceived as hostile to WikiLeaks, today sought to cast itself as more focused on symbolic protest than outright disruption.
As the distributed denial-of-service attacks spawned by this week's WikiLeaks events continue, network operators are discussing what progress, if any, has been made over the past decade to detect and thwart DoS attacks.
The retaliatory attacks by pro-WikiLeaks activists are growing in strength as hackers add botnets and thousands of people download an open-source attack tool, security researchers said today.
This morning's planned distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against Amazon.com by Anonymous, a hacker group that has launched similar attacks against organizations it sees attempting to censor WikiLeaks, appears to have failed.
Xero has announced to the NZX that US investor Peter Thiel is to put NZ$4 million into Xero, to support Xero's expansion into the US market.
Hacked smartphones could endanger troops by sending location data to the enemy using mechanisms similar to those employed by recently discovered Android malware, experts say.
Ten companies, including several tech vendors, will support the open identity initiative, a pilot programme designed to help US residents more easily engage in open government, the companies announced today.
PayPal will soon open up its platform to third-party developers, allowing them to build applications with a range of money transfer options.
EBay's online payments division, PayPal, is to pay US$169 million (NZ$219 million) for Fraud Sciences, an Israeli security company specialising in detecting online fraud.
PayPal has launched a product aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses accept online payments securely and cost-effectively.