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• Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies

  Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.

• LulzSec is back; Anonymous targets Imperva

  Hacker collective LulzSec, six of whose members were arrested earlier this month, will resume active operation April 1, according to a video posted on YouTube.

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  DDoS is Cloud's security Achilles heel

  Cloud providers and customers are ignoring the importance of securing online services against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at their own peril.

• DDoS attacks bolster cloud website optimiser

  Enterprise product in the making and ‘loved’ by disbanded hacker group LulzSec.

  The constant and very real threat of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks aimed at headline grabbing “hacker” groups, such as Lulz Security and Anonymous, have helped one tech start-up pick up new business.

• After DDoS and Patriot Act order, WikiLeaks opens floodgates

  WikiLeaks made public thousands of US diplomatic cables on Wednesday hours after its Californian DNS host was ordered to hand to authorities everything it had on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

• Wordpress whacked for second day by DDoS attack

  For the second day in a row, blog-hosting giant WordPress.com suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack that it was able to cut off quickly. The motive remains a matter of speculation.

• Website attackers could be easily traced, researchers say

  People using a tool to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against other websites in support of WikiLeaks can easily be traced, according to computer security researchers.

• WikiLeaks: DDOS attacks reflect 'public opinion'

  WikiLeaks neither supports nor condemns the cyber attacks that have targeted its critics, it said Friday, just as it appears the attackers are mounting a fresh operation against Moneybookers.com.

• Has progress been made in fighting DDoS attacks?

  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.

• Anonymous takes down Visa.com in WikiLeaks protest

  A loosely organized group of Internet hacktivists took down Visa's website Wednesday, after organizing a similar attack on MasterCard.

• DOS vulnerability found in Cisco IOS release

  Cisco has issued a security notification to warn users that the IOS 15.1(2)T software release has a vulnerability allowing for denial of service (DOS) attacks.

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  Australian Gamers often hit by DoS attacks

  Irate online gamers including those from the popular World of Warcraft game are taking revenge on rivals by launching cyber attacks to disconnect them, according to Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internode.

• CeBIT 2010: Ubiquitous broadband poses problem for cyber security

  Symmetric, high speed, ubiquitous broadband will lead to a big increase in cyber crime, according to a cyber security expert.

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  AusCert 2010: Australia protected by anti-DDoS vigilantes

  An informal, low-lying group of sharp minds might be the world's best defence against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but legal uncertainty is hindering their capabilities.

• AG's office defends record on Anonymous attacks

  The Federal Government has defended its ability to combat cyber-crime in the face of repeated successful attacks on Government websites carried out under the name Anonymous.