[pchelpers] News:Phish fighters floored by DDoS assault

Botnet hits CastleCops under the belt
By John Leyden
Published Tuesday 20th February 2007 14:57 GMT


Castlecops, the volunteer security community that runs a well-known
phishing website investigation service, has been hit by a denial of
service attack.

The latest phase in an ongoing botnet powered onslaught that began on 13
February rendered the site largely inaccessible on Monday (19 February).


By Tuesday, the website returned albeit without the restoration of all
its services. "We're under a DDoS, but we will prevail. Good shall
overcome," Castlecops's principal Paul Laudanski said on a posting on
the site's website.

Founded five years ago, CastleCops is best known for its Phish Incident
Reporting and Termination (PIRT) taskforce. Surfers are able to report
fraudulent sites to Castlecops volunteers, who investigate these
reports. Castlecops volunteers do the leg work and carry out the
sometimes tricky process of having bogus sites removed from the
internet. The organisation also assists in educating users about malware
risks.

More here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/20/castlecops_ddos/
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