August 7, 2009, 12:00AM
On the Twitter DDoS Attacks, Apple and Microsoft Patches
Threatpost editors Ryan Naraine and Dennis Fisher discuss the DDoS
attacks against Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal and delve into
Apple's Mac OS X patch and Microsoft's Patch Tuesday plans.
SHOW NOTES:
- UPDATE: Twitter Suffers DoS Attack
- Apple Warns of Mac Attack Risk via Image Files
- Microsoft Planning Bumper Windows Patch Tuesday
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