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Mtnjim
03-23-2006, 03:31 PM
Bot Herders Ready Attack Against Message Forums (http://www.securitypipeline.com/183701341)
Botnet

controllers appear to be planning a large-scale attack against message forums.
belgareth
03-23-2006, 03:44 PM
The way Bruce has the forum

rigged they can't auto register. They might be able to overwhelm the forum with guests but that's about it.
Mtnjim
03-23-2006, 04:37 PM
Cool!!

I've got this big thing

about security (can't help it, it's part of my job!).
belgareth
03-23-2006, 04:52 PM
I'm just a little fanatical

about security myself. Even have a speech to give each of my customers, it's something that I've repeated hundreds

of times by now. Not that they listen until they've been invaded.
Mtnjim
03-23-2006, 05:16 PM
And they all have current, compete

back ups too!:lol::lol::lol:
belgareth
03-23-2006, 05:38 PM
And they all have

current, compete back ups too!:lol::lol::lol:

Yeah, right. And for my next fantasy...
CptKipling
03-24-2006, 06:28 PM
Yeah that article mentions

phpBB forums, but this one is vBulletin which means that its much cooler ;)