The biggest hacker attack slowed down the Internet

The largest in the history of the world hacking reduced data rate on the internet, according to BBC News. Investigating the incident handled by experts from five different countries.

The target of attack became Spamhaus company countering spam with offices in London and Geneva. To combat spam Spamhaus maintains a database, which entered the servers that are used to send spam messages. The company also supports a number of services that block suspicious mailing servers.

March 27, it became known that the servers Spamhaus were "the biggest DDoS-attack." CEO Steve Linford described it as unprecedented in scale to date.

Administrators Evernote accelerate the adoption of two-factor authentication

Administrators Evernote accelerate the adoption of two-factor authentication after hacker attack

This decision of the company due to the recent security incidents in which hackers managed to compromise the personal data of 50 million users.

Evernote accelerates the implementation of two-factor authentication for the users of the service due to a recent security incident, in which hackers stole names, encrypted passwords, and e-mail clients.

March 2 this year, the administration of the service, specializing in cloud storage, reported that unknown attackers were able to access the internal network and compromise the personal data of about 50 million users.

The company has planned to implement a mandatory two-factor authentication for users in the future, but now, these intentions have extra incentive, and the process has accelerated, assured the representative of Evernote.

Backdoor.Barkiofork attacks defense and aerospace industry

Symantec Corporation announces the discovery of a number of cyber attacks aimed at in the defense and aerospace industries.

The attacker lures victims letter with malicious content, using as bait a report on the prospects of the defense and aerospace industry.

A few weeks ago, experts Symantec have seen the use of cyber attacks directed phishing aimed at organizing the aerospace and defense industry. SpetsialistamiSymantec revealed at least 12 different organizations have come under attack. Among them were the company related to aviation and air traffic control, as well as carrying out government contracts, including defense.

Second cyber attack on Saudi Aramco

Hackers have repeatedly declared about second cyber attack on Saudi Aramco

After the second break hackers managed to steal confidential information from the company systems.

The oil giant Saudi Aramco again became the target of hackers. The report of the burglary was posted on Pastebin, and the company did not provide any comments.

In a statement hackers stated: "We think it's funny and strange that there is no news from Saudi Aramco at the Saturday evening." Hackers claim to have fulfilled his promise to re-break-in, and as evidence published e-mail address and password, Khalid A. Al-Falih, and the credentials that grant access to the information about the main the form of the company. In addition, the attackers claim that all tools for computer security companies were set default passwords.