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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. However, Jones said there had been "nothing of note so far" after earlier... [09 Jun 2006]

Hackers to test MPs' IT systems

News Hackers are to be employed to test the effectiveness of the IT security defences for the House of Commons computer systems. The House of Commons is also looking to buy an intrusion prevention system... [29 Apr 2005]

Browser-based attacks top security fears

News The better we get at stopping attacks, the more creative hackers get at writing new ones. In December, a Danish security firm alerted the security community to an IE bug that would let hackers display... [13 Apr 2004]

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Security Strategy

Broadband 'increases security risk fivefold'

News UK ISP Star Internet, which commissioned the report, says it is vital for firms to install a firewall to manage the flow of data in and out of their network, an antivirus product that should ideally monitor emails and Web... [09 May 2003]

IDC: Cyberterror to hit in 2003

News The war with Iraq will galvanise hackers," Gantz said. The event could take the form of a denial of service attack, a network intrusion or even a physical attack on key network assets, said John Gantz,... [13 Dec 2002]

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Security Strategy

Catching wireless hackers in the act

News Hackers who have been using a wireless network somewhere in America to access the internet for free this summer may find themselves the object of a scientific study - but fortunately for them they will be spared any... [02 Sep 2002]

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Security Strategy

Top ten tips to stop internal hackers

News Implement architectural features to isolate, minimise and monitor internal user access abuses such as using packet sniffers to monitor internal traffic and host and/or a network-based intrusion detection... [05 Feb 2002]

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Security Strategy

'Be secure or be sued' businesses warned

News Hackers brought the sites down by overloading their systems with traffic bounced off third party servers. Nick Lockett, ecommerce lawyer at Sidley & Austin, said that sites which were used by... [16 Nov 2000]