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Denial of service attack mars Canadian party balloting

An online election of new New Democratic Party leadership in Canada on March 24 was slowed by a denial of service attack, according to various media reports. NDP President Rebecca Blaikie said three

DDoS attacks used to curb Internet freedom in Russia

Politically motivated distributed denial of service attacks against journalist and opposition websites appear have been occurring in Russia, says a Feb. 15 analysis of web traffic by Arbor Networks.

Lewis: Cyber attacks are rare

Hyperbole over the term "cyber attack" has led to a misapprehension that they are frequent, says James Andrew Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and

Private sector official condemns mandatory cybersecurity information sharing

Regulatory reform that would require the private sector to share more cybersecurity information amongst itself will not result in more secure networks, said Ed Amoroso, chief security officer for

Cyber attack effects 'local and temporary,' not global, says study

Short of a cyber attack that exploits an unknown fundamental flaw in the technical protocols underlying the Internet or an exceptionally strong solar flare destroying vital communications equipment,