(11-06-2023, 08:09 PM)BodhisattvaStyle Wrote:(11-06-2023, 07:50 PM)putnam6 Wrote:(11-06-2023, 06:49 PM)ChiefD Wrote: I didn't try to get on here over the weekend, but noticed some other websites running slowly. Even my cable TV was acting up. Not sure what is going on, but it seems to be attacking multiple sites.
Im a complete novice but I follow the Cloudflare site and always check there when service is spotty, nice overview. Lots of numbers and graphs I don't understand but there's enough that I do where you can spot something that's unusual. This weekend seemed to be a heavier flow, but with the instability throughout the world, it makes sense.
https://radar.cloudflare.com/
https://cybermap.kaspersky.com/stats#cou...S&period=w
the wild part to me is not only do we have individuals and groups always probing our cyber security, but we no doubt have hostile governments and our own government sniffing around.
and none of it is really secure...
I meant safe from viruses or anything that looked our of the ordinary.
I take so many precautions it's ridiculous. My phone barely has any "permissions." I stay off of social media. I watch every word I type on this site (and ats when I was on it). After this happened yesterday and my phone started acting up. I am also tech illiterate when it comes to the inner workings of the internet/computer's. So, I rely on you all to keep me apprised of whether or not it is "safe from viruses or anything that might crash a phone or laptop. I knew there were other readers like me who may of been spooked by all of this, and not having a working understanding of it makes it harder to comprehend what has happened..
The internet has never been completely "safe." I'm asking mods here if the site itself has anything out of the ordinary that might harm its members equipment. What I read about ddos attacks is they usually hide a bigger attack within. I was hoping someone would really look into it and let us know if everything is copacetic or not.
I think that where Im coming from this was just an overabundance of the now normal phishing malware and ransomware we now face. That said all that's out there is an email address from this site, this isn't a bug thats gonna jump to your phone or laptop, this is just a high level of multiple kinds of attacks across the board, which slows down the internet access no more no less
Go look at the links because yes internet service was degraded over the weekend, but it wasn't an independent attack on Rogue Nation or ATS