threat denial of service
DDoS: A Threat You Can't Afford to Ignore
White Paper Distributed denial of service, otherwise known as DDoS, refers to a form of attack whereby a number of source IPs simultaneously send an abnormally... [05 Oct 2009]
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
White Paper Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks have been replaced with botnets. Many attack vectors of the 21st century are financial in... [01 Oct 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been called in to investigate a planned denial-of-service attack on Australian government web servers. The group published its... [09 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Individuals, groups and nations can attack each other using denial-of-service attacks and/or control-and-command usurping with bot technology. Throughout my life I have seen warfare... [28 Aug 2009]
Optimistic CEOs must not neglect IT security
News Chief executives' definition of security, he added, is typically associated with hackers trying to steal company secrets, rather than a broader spectrum that includes disaster recovery, erroneous data input or... [03 Aug 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News That's the type of threat we're looking to prosecute.malware that may lead to distributed denial of service attacks. The immediate... [13 Jul 2009]
Detect SYN Flooding Attack in Edge Routers
White Paper Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks pose a serious threat to Internet security. Traditional detection methods rely on passively detecting an attacking signature... [01 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The government will develop information systems to allow it to launch denial-of-service attacks and to spy on chosen targets, said the official. We will have a whole range... [25 Jun 2009]
Detecting and Mitigating Denial-of-Service Attacks on Voice Over IP Networks
White Paper Voice over IP (VoIP) is more susceptible to Denial of Service attacks than traditional data traffic, due to the former's low tolerance to delay and jitter. In their... [20 Jun 2009]
Dynamic and Auto Responsive Solution for Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks Detection in ISP Network
White Paper Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and more particularly the distributed ones (DDoS) are one of the latest threat and pose a grave danger to users,... [11 Jun 2009]
Major Online Stock Broker Turns to Verizon Business to Help Stop a Potentially Devastating DDoS Attack
White Paper Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are often the weapon of choice for would-be criminals who target Internet sites. And, as a major online stock broker found... [30 May 2009]
Threat Modeling for the Management of Risk
White Paper The difficulty lies in the fact that although the high-level threat is generally well understood (breach of customer data, denial of service etc.the... [01 May 2009]
Calling 'Mister Cyber Security': EU needs super cyber cop
News She cited the massive denial-of-service attack that took down Estonia's internet services in 2007 as an example of the threat that is faced. The... [28 Apr 2009]
Rogue-Base Station Detection in WiMax/802.16 Wireless Access Networks
White Paper The rogue BS attack represents a major denial-of-service threat against wireless networks. This paper addresses to problem of detecting a rogue Base... [22 Apr 2009]
Denial of Service Attacks and Challenges in Broadband Wireless Networks
White Paper Amongst the various security risks, Denial of Service (DoS) attack is the most severe security threat, as DoS can compromise the availability and integrity... [15 Apr 2009]
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