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IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic... [04 Sep 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News Spam emails are often used in phishing attacks or to deliver malware it says, distributed by networks of compromised botnet computers which are also used for denial of... [06 Jun 2008]
DIADEM Firewall: Web Server Overload Attack Detection and Response
White Paper High-profile web servers often become the victim of web server overload Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Furthermore, the use-case of the... [23 Apr 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a new type of unstoppable and undetectable botnet denial of service attack. Gala... [06 Mar 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News ATMs today face the internet-born threat of worms and denial of service attacks, as well as being at risk from malware that can harvest customer data or hijack machines.... [04 Mar 2008]
How to insure your IT
Comment In the US it has a dedicated IT security insurance policy for financial data which covers electronic theft, denial of service, electronic vandalism and compromised data during electronic... [17 Jul 2007]
Phone-crashing bugs found in Windows Mobile
News Todd Thiemann, director of device security marketing at Trend Micro, said: "Both of these vulnerabilities are potential denial of service factors. Trend... [01 Feb 2007]
Managed Public Key Infrastructure: Securing Your Business Applications
White Paper Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are quite common on the Internet today. Recently there has been an increase in the number of attacks using a less common,... [04 Aug 2006]
Lord: 'We need better cyber crime laws'
News The proposed changes would alter the law regarding launching denial of service attacks, the creation of tools that could be used for hacking, and bot attacks. He is... [21 Jun 2006]
World Cup security: Avaya poised to tackle DoS attacks
News Fifa's networking partner said today it was expecting hackers to launch huge denial of service attacks against the World Cup football network. Kelly acknowledged the value... [09 Jun 2006]
Opinion: Why I don't trust offshore customer service
Comment A denial of service attack perhaps? How comfortable are you with giving your personal details to call centre staff in foreign countries? So when the woman in Mumbai... [25 May 2006]
IT pros criminalised by CMA update?
News The Police and Justice Bill will update the UK's existing Computer Misuse Act (CMA), bringing in new powers to address the rise of organised cyber-criminals and offences such as denial... [22 May 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment In the 12 months since they were here last, we've seen the financial services industry under almost constant Trojan horse attack, denial of service attacks increase by 50 per cent and... [15 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Jammers not listeners
Comment As for security, people and companies need to think beyond listening-in, hijacking bandwidth and network penetration, and move on to denial of service and overall resilience. They are... [28 Feb 2006]
Bluetooth flaw found in Sony Ericsson phones
News Several mobile phones produced by Sony Ericsson are vulnerable to denial of service attacks, two security companies reported this week. The spokeswoman said she is waiting to learn more... [10 Feb 2006]
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