Tag: netherlands
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Healthcare CERTs highlight the need for security guidance for specific sectors
In February 2016, a US hospital saw a heart operation interrupted by the rebooting of a monitoring PC, caused by anti-virus software running on the machine. The report filed makes it clear that this was a case of someone not following the product recommendations, but the incident does highlight an important point: what is a…
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Healthcare CERTs highlight the need for security guidance for specific sectors
In February 2016, a US hospital saw a heart operation interrupted by the rebooting of a monitoring PC, caused by anti-virus software running on the machine. The report filed makes it clear that this was a case of someone not following the product recommendations, but the incident does highlight an important point: what is a…
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Dutch citizens keep extra cash at hand following DDoS attacks
Month-long attacks had significant impact. 25% of Dutch citizens have followed advice to keep extra cash at home, following a recent spate of DDoS attacks on Dutch banks. At the beginning of April, customers of Dutch bank ING reported that the balance of their online bank account wasn’t what they expected it to be, with…
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Dutchman arrested in Spain for DDoS attacks on Spamhaus
Suspect drove around in ‘mobile bunker’ to co-ordinate attacks. Police in Spain have arrested a 35-year-old Dutchman, believed to be responsible for the DDoS attacks on Spamhaus last month. Although the Dutch public prosecutor has only identified the suspect as ‘SK’, it is almost certain that he is Sven Olaf Kamphuis, spokesman for hosting provider…
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Dutch ISP sues Spamhaus for ‘extortion’
Blacklist entries ‘unfair and illegal’. Dutch ISP A2B Internet has sued The Spamhaus Project , claiming the project unfairly blacklisted its IP range. A2B provides the upstream connection for a number of data centres. Recently, Spamhaus , which runs a number of widely used IP- and URL-based blacklists, asked the provider to block traffic of…