The recent DDOS attacks on EVE should come as no surprise, given recent events around NC/EVEnews24 and others. Also given the global climate of attacks by LULZ....
So what can you do?
1. Update all your Microsoft patches
2. Install Secunia PSI, patch and update everything else that Secunia highlights
3. Make sure you anti-virus is up to date and valid
4. For the paranoid (or more security able) install a free firewall (such... as those that come with an Anti-Virus product or Comodo)
5. Be paranoid about emails and links you are sent (hovering over them shows you the actual link, if it does not look legit then it isnt)
Its ok, I use apple/linux so I am safe. Hahahahaha, your the first sucker I will visit then. Research has shown that because that fallacy exists the users of Apple are more gullible and better targets than other users (LOL) because they think they are safer.
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/20/apple_malware_attacks/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/17/apple_sql_attack/
Secunia recently reported that from 2005 to 2010, Apple has had more security vulnerabilities than Microsoft except for a single year (2006).
Its now that OS's other than MS are getting market penetration of significance that hackers (read organised crime) and now starting to exploit those OS's.
So its simple, Patch and make sure your AV (preferably with a firewall) is up-to-date.
I would also recommend for the paranoid to change your EVE account passwords. This should be done periodically anyway so now is a good time when a security alert has been raised.
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