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RSS attackA Silent SMS Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
White Paper In contrast, a mass continuous send of "Silent" SMS messages constitutes an invisible Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a mobile handset. Such a mobile handset DoS attack may be conducted for economic... [14 Oct 2008]
WorldPay systems still under "sustained" attack
News Online payment service WorldPay is still struggling to maintain the availability of its systems in the face of a "sustained" denial of service attack. WorldPay, which is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, was... [06 Nov 2003]
Attack cripples the blogosphere
News About 10 million LiveJournal and TypePad blogs were offline or barely reachable for several hours on Tuesday as the result of a massive denial of service attack. The attack started around 16:00(PDT),... [04 May 2006]
Attack Prevention Technology White Paper
White Paper This paper introduces the common network attacks and the corresponding prevention measures, and describes the features and network applications of the H3C firewall attack prevention technology. It includes the... [11 Jun 2009]
Attack code for old Firefox bug hits the net
News Computer code that demonstrates how a known flaw in an older version of the Firefox or Mozilla web browsers can be exploited in a potentially crippling attack was published on the web over the weekend. [14 Dec 2005]
Does Single Sign-On Really Expose the Network to a "Keys to the Kingdom" Attack?
White Paper Does this single point of authentication also introduce a single point of attack and thereby reduce overall network security? Single sign-on enables users to authenticate once in order to access many resources. [01 Mar 2009]
Sober attack shouldn't bite, say antivirus experts
News The Sober attack predicted to occur on 6 January should not be a problem, antivirus experts said on Wednesday. But experts from antivirus companies F-Secure, MessageLabs and Websense all agreed this Sober... [04 Jan 2006]
Cyber-crime 'inevitable' in aftermath of terrorist attack
News US military reprisals for last week's terrorists attack will put the country's key internet sites at risk of cyber attacks, according to a report by Gartner. The report states that attacks will "inevitably" hit US... [18 Sep 2001]
'High risk' virus floods internet and attack SCO
News A mass-mailing virus quickly spread through the internet on Monday, compromising computers so that they attack the SCO Group's web server with a flood of data on 1 February, according to antivirus companies. [27 Jan 2004]
US attack forces security conference to change tack
News The three day ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe) conference scheduled to open next Wednesday (26th September) in London, will now include important issues directly related to the FBI's warning for companies to be alert and... [21 Sep 2001]
Linux OS facing Trojan attack
News It is designed only to attack systems running Linux OS. Security experts are warning companies of a Linux virus variant. The virus has similarities to a virus bearing the Remote Shell Trojan (RST), discovered in October... [07 Jan 2002]
Attack code alert over unpatched IE flaw
News Some experts believe the timing of the new attack is no coincidence, suggesting attackers look to take advantage of a full month before Microsoft is scheduled to release its next bunch of fixes. Computer code that could... [15 Sep 2006]
Virtualisation: At risk from attack
News Virtualisation [can offer] the attacker the bonus of taking down many VMs with one attack, if successful. Virtualisation, with its rapid pace of adoption, is becoming a frontier for attackers, but not all businesses are... [20 Oct 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News 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]
Industrial Defender protects against digital attack
News While "cyberterrorism" has been the rallying cry of policy makers seeking stricter laws to punish hackers, and of government agencies asking for more funds, the chances and effects of any such attack have been greatly... [11 Jun 2003]
