Web Attacks Growing

Yesterday's news was about how the MyDoom virus took down many of Google's servers. Today it's that DoubleClick was crippled from a similar distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack launched against its ad-serving system. Denial of Service Attack Downs DoubleClick [PC World].

If ever there was solid evidence that the interconnectedness of the modern Internet is fostering increasing cybersecurity vulnerabilities, this is it. The government has called for a "public-private partnership," but otherwise done little to mandate security disclosures or jump-start private sector investment in cybersecurity. There's a big price we are all going to pay, in the long run, if this trend of avoiding major problems continues.

 Posted by glenn