links of the day 02/18/2014 (p.m.)

• Bitcoin bubble could burst as investors rush to withdraw cash | ZDNet

• Bitcoin is a Flawed Currency but a Potentially Useful Application for the Eurozone

• Bitcoin Cyber-Attack: Warning for Virtual Currency Users | Gadgets | www.indiatimes.com

• Bitcoin is a Flawed Currency but a Potentially Useful Application for the Eurozone

• Major Bitcoin company releases open source library to make it easier to build Bitcoin apps

• Tulip Mania and Why It Has Nothing To Do With Bitcoin

• Bitcoin Regulation Is Coming – Here’s What To Expect

• Bitcoin Warrior Verso Cards Brings Swiss Banking to Bitcoin Bitcoin Warrior: News, Education, Strategy Bitcoin Warrior

• Welcome to 21st-century Ponzi scheme: Bitcoin

• The Scotcoin Project Unveils their SCOTCOIN Emblem

• After Massive Hack, It's Pay Back Time for Silk Road 2.0

• How To Use Bitcoin To Shop At Amazon, Home Depot, CVS And More

• Bitcoin, a virtual currency that’s not designed to last

• The Bitcoin News

• It's high time that app permissions were overhauled | ZDNet

• US looks to prevent spying on its spies | ZDNet

• Trust but Verify | Andreas Gal

• Mozilla warns not to trust browser vendors as it looks for verification | ZDNet

• The largest DDoS attack didn't break the internet, but it did try | ZDNet

• Microsoft Security Essentials: No new installations after April | ZDNet

• Malware found in the control room of a Japanese nuclear reactor | ZDNet

• Windows XP at home? Don't access corporate networks, says GCHQ | ZDNet

• Government systems ripe with cyber vulnerabilities, report shows | ZDNet

• Snowden aftermath: Defense contractors revamp policies, practices | ZDNet

• Uncle Sam: I want you to sell me malware | ZDNet

• NSA is collecting less than 30 percent of U.S. call data, officials say - The Washington Post

• NSA collects only about 20 percent of phone metadata | ZDNet

• Technical Details Behind a 400Gbps NTP Amplification DDoS Attack | CloudFlare Blog

• InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog - Internet Storm Center Diary 2014-02-17

• Arbor Networks, Google draw digital-attack map | ZDNet

• Worst DDoS attack of all time hits French site | ZDNet

• malware archives - use as test feb 2013

• Nothink.org

• Nothink.org scripts

• ddos - How can I defend against a DRDoS exploiting NTP server on an ESXi host? - Server Fault

• NTP DDoS | Cisco | NSP

• OPEN NTP Project

• NTP Survey 1999 but not much has changed

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_ssh_all.txt

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_ssh_week.txt

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_ssh_day.txt

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_malware_irc.txt

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_malware_http.txt

• http://www.nothink.org/blacklist/blacklist_malware_dns.txt

  "dreamx.prout.be"

• honeypots

• snmp reflection attack

• DNS amplification / Tiamat

• Technical Details Behind a 400Gbps NTP Amplification DDoS Attack | Hacker News

• NTP Reflections — RIPE Labs

• Bug 1532 – remove ntpd support for ntpdc's monlist (use ntpq's mrulist)

• Staminus Global DDoS Attack Report Q3 2013 – Attacks Are On The Rise! | Staminus

• Long Term DDoS Attacks – Hidden Cost of Appliances and Benefits of Insurance | Staminus

• Staminus | Industry-Leading DDoS Protection

• Secure NTP Template - Team Cymru

• Mitigating 80 Gbps Attacks – NTP Amplification Attacks on the Rise | Staminus

• Extra vigilance is required – UDP amplification DDoS attacks « TriathlonMike

• NTP amplification attacks are on the rise? (Part 1) | NSFOCUS Blog

• NTP DDoS Attack : NTP comme vecteur d'amplification des attaques

• Blog e-Xpert Solutions SA | La sécurité informatique, notre passion.

• NTP amplification Attacks are on the rise? (Part 2) | NSFOCUS Blog

• SecurityNotice < Main < NTP DDOS attacks

• National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2013-5211)

• Valve DNS privacy flap exposes the murky world of cheat prevention | Ars Technica

• How to run your own e-mail server with your own domain, part 1 | Ars Technica

• New DoS attacks taking down game sites deliver crippling 100Gbps floods | Ars Technica

• - If you are running NTP server in public please read URGENTLY

• Muslim exodus threatens food crisis in Central African Republic

• Ethnic power-sharing under threat in Burundi, says party

• Human Rights - The Rwandan Cases - FIDH

• Paul Barril indicted for complicity in Rwandan genocide - FIDH

• Le procès de Pascal Simbikangwa

• Affaire Gayet : le paparazzi de "Closer" entendu par la police - Le Nouvel Observateur

• Vidéo : USA : les images de la capture d'un leader d'Al-Qaïda - Le Nouvel Observateur

• RWANDA. Paul Barril, une barbouze française au cœur du génocide - Le Nouvel Observateur

• French Secret Agent At The Heart Of Investigation into Rwandan Genocide

• Nuke Reform Drive Features Ideas Tried 5 Years Ago

• Want To Boycott Monsanto? There's An App For That

• Gambling Industry Fights Self On Internet Gambling

• Freedom And Liberty: Ideas Democrats Should Fight For In The Coming Elections

• F-16 fighter upgrade program in danger - Taipei Times

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.