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Q1 2009 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Report
White Paper Contained within the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) report for the first Quarter (Q1) of 2009 are news items regarding noteworthy cyber attacks and botnets, the individuals or organizations... [05 Oct 2009]
Inputs of Coma: Static Detection of Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities
White Paper As networked systems grow in complexity, they are increasingly vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks involving resource exhaustion. These DoS attacks exploit the semantics of the... [02 Oct 2009]
DDoS Protection Service: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
White Paper Usually, in this type of attack, an attempt is made to cause the attacked systems to crash by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems, programs and services or basic design flaws in the network protocols in use... [02 Oct 2009]
Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News The five bulletins address eight vulnerabilities. According to Symantec Security Response research manager Ben Greenbaum, the two vulnerabilities most likely to be used by attackers involve the way... [09 Sep 2009]
Cisco wireless LAN: At risk from 'skyjack' attack
News As a matter of policy, Cisco takes security vulnerabilities very seriously and we continue to take active measures to safeguard the security and reliability of our equipment," a Cisco spokesperson said. [25 Aug 2009]
Is Chrome ready to shine when it comes to security?
News The number of new browser vulnerabilities has increased rapidly every year since 2003, and the number discovered in web browser plug-ins has more than quadrupled, according to the National Vulnerability Database. [23 Jul 2009]
Microsoft DirectX gets fix in Patch Tuesday
News The critical vulnerabilities affecting various Windows versions all could allow an attacker to run code remotely, while one of the non-critical holes involving Virtual PC and Virtual Server would allow remote code... [10 Jul 2009]
Exposing and Eliminating Vulnerabilities to Denial of Service Attacks in Secure Gossip-Based Multicast
White Paper They show that even distributed and randomized gossip-based protocols, which eliminate single points of failure, do not necessarily eliminate vulnerabilities to DoS attacks. They propose Drum - a simple... [20 Jun 2009]
Detecting and Mitigating Denial-of-Service Attacks on Voice Over IP Networks
White Paper This paper describes the design of their VoIP Vulnerability Assessment Tool (VVAT) with which they demonstrate vulnerabilities to DoS attacks inherent in many of the popular VoIP applications available... [20 Jun 2009]
Potential Cognitive Radio Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities and Protection Countermeasures: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis and Assessment
White Paper This paper examines the denial of service vulnerabilities that are opened by these additional activities and explores potential protection remedies that can be applied. An analysis of how vulnerable are... [20 Jun 2009]
Two Layer Denial of Service Prevention on SIP VoIP Infrastructures
White Paper The emergence of Voice over IP (VoIP) has offered numerous advantages for end users and providers alike, but simultaneously has introduced security threats, vulnerabilities and attacks not previously... [20 Jun 2009]
Potential Cognitive Radio Denial of Service Attacks and Remedies
White Paper This paper examines the denial of service vulnerabilities that are opened by these additional activities and explores potential remedies that can be applied. Cognitive radios sense spectrum activity and... [20 Jun 2009]
Denial of Service Attacks and Challenges in Broadband Wireless Networks
White Paper Security attacks and vulnerabilities vary amongst these broadband wireless networks because of differences in topologies, network operations and physical setups. Amongst the various security risks,... [15 Apr 2009]
Browser hijacks and holey software skyrockets
News Symantec documented nearly 5,500 vulnerabilities in 2008, up nearly 20 per cent over 2007 and 80 per cent of documented vulnerabilities were classified as easily exploitable.... [14 Apr 2009]
SQL Server vulnerability warning from Microsoft
News The advisory comes less than a week after Microsoft released a critical security patch to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws. Currently, Microsoft is... [23 Dec 2008]
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