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First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News D is for DDoS Laurent Marteau, Intego's CEO said: "With the release of the iPhone 2.0 software, and the ability to add applications, users are facing new vectors of attack. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3... [21 Jul 2008]
A Gateway-Based Defense System for Distributed DoS Attacks in High-Speed Networks
White Paper The current network equipments are lack of the countermeasure capacity to such kind of DDoS attack and do not provide the mechanisms to support the extension of the new DDoS attack countermeasures. This paper describes a defense system to contain... [11 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News D is for DDoS Sisk said: "While the attack appears to be targeted, and not widespread, we are monitoring the issue and are working with our MSRA [Microsoft Security Response Alliance] partners to help protect customers. [08 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News D is for DDoS Jens Andreassen, vice president for Asia-Pacific at Fortinet, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia in an email that multi-component threats have existed for several years but today's blended threats have many more components or... [02 Jul 2008]
Cisco DDoS Protection Solution - Delivering "Clean Pipes" Capabilities for Service Providers and Their Customers
White Paper A DDoS attack is an attack on the end host system or the network infrastructure that disrupts service to the user. It is important for service providers and enterprises to understand how distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks operate and have... [01 Jul 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News D is for DDoS The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of... [16 Jun 2008]
Cotton Traders' site hacked: Thousands of details stolen
News D is for DDoS Cotton Traders warned that other major retailers would be vulnerable to the same attack saying its website has always met "leading security standards". The company claims it notified its customers within days of it happening, flagged... [11 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News D is for DDoS Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. The security vendor claimed that these domains so... [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News D is for DDoS So it's not unreasonable to suspect that that's going to be the next attack vector, particularly as we depend more and more on mobile devices. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on... [24 Apr 2008]
Simulating Strategic Firewall Placement
White Paper This paper describes a simulation of the proposed DDoS solution. Typically, a network administrator cannot stop a denial of service attack without contacting the Internet service provider. If an overwhelming amount of traffic is coming into the ISP... [24 Apr 2008]
Security breaches down - but at what price?
News D is for DDoS Despite the relatively good news, the report warns companies and organisations are still leaving themselves open to attack. A government-sponsored security survey reports that while the number of security breaches has dropped... [23 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News D is for DDoS These request bounce-backs would magnify any denial-of-service attack, according to Clayton, and could also create incompatibilities with browser-security measures. While Phorm could always just switch off its web server in the event... [18 Apr 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News D is for DDoS And Hyper-V has the full attack surface of any operating system, which is not a good thing. He said: "We reduce the scope of threats because we reduce the attack surface of the operating system. [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News D is for DDoS Jeff Aliber, Kaspersky's US senior director of product marketing, said: "[With Windows], there is a large attack surface with a number of entry points. Anyone trying to shrink that attack surface and promote secure apps development... [14 Apr 2008]
Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Paper Some basic tenets of security should be followed at all times, whether you want to protect your enterprise network from spam, viruses and DDoS attacks spewed forth by zombie networks, or protect your home computer from joining the ranks of the... [10 Apr 2008]
