Earn extra income doing something that you already do. Because you know about computers and the Internet, you're the person that friends and family turn to when it comes to buying and using technology. The attacks caused service outages of up to five hours. The Yankee Group report calls for website administrators to use security-assessment technologies to identify and close the security holes in their systems. I think The Yankee Group is right on the money.
Outages are a big waste of money for e-commerce sites.
It's time for site admins to get serious about security. Leave your comments on the message center . Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Hit the Net Subscribe to ITinfo.