For shame … Via Profnet yesterday, I received this query… 10. PUBLIC RELATIONS: PR-Themed Reality Show …
Fear Leads Companies to Attack Gripe Sites
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that companies are increasingly engaging in legal dogfights with consumer gripe sites.
Denial Of Service Attack
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is an attack on a network which is designed to bring it to a halt. This is done by sending useless traffic to a specific service/port on a server. The amount of traffic sent would overwhelm the service, so that legitimate traffic would be dropped or ignored.
Attack Of The Killer Google Zombies!
I was walking along the beach front this week with the warm sunshine in my face.
Fallout From The MyDoom Search Engine Attack
On Monday, July 26, 2004, the major search engines were hit by a variant of the MyDoom virus. This particular version of the virus sniffs out email addresses and domains from infected computers and proceeds to query the major search engines in order to locate more addresses attached to the discovered domain.
Does Microsoft Show Hackers How To Attack?
After another security hole recently surfaced in Microsoft’s Windows operating system, the software giant released a patch this past Friday to plug the possibly devastating “back door” which allows hackers to potentially seize control of any pc running Windows.
Attack Smaller Searches To Get The Big Ones!
Searching online can not only be fun, but you sometimes need to be downright inventive.
Google’s Broken Heart: PageRank Under Attack
“The heart of our software is PageRank.” This quote, from Google’s PageRank description page, contradicts opinions and hypothesis posted on forums, blogs and articles around the web. One search developer even called PageRank “a silly idea in practice.” Evidence points to Google not using “classic PageRank” in their algorithm at all these days, and many consider it all but dead.
The Distributed Denial of Service Attack
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks are a significant threat to the availability of any company’s networks and systems. In the last 18 months, the press has reported many high profile DDOS attacks costing the victims many hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Three Steps to Preventing a Media Attack
The best method for handling a media crisis is to assume one will happen to you in the future, and get ready for it now.
Unfortunately, you cannot begin to predict exactly what will happen and when. But you can take some all-purpose steps to provide yourself some protection.