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Entries from Realtime Community | Messaging and Web Security tagged with 'denial of service'


New Technique for Denying Denial of Service Attacks

Denial of service attacks that flood a site with requests can be blunted by blocking users sending large number of requests. More advanced techniques send a small number of resource intensive requests. Researchers at IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology...

TCP Vulnerable to DoS Attack

The details are not public but security researchers and network vendors are struggling to find a work around for a vulnerability in the TCP protocol that threatens virtually any device with a broadband connection....

Network Admin Sticks it to San Francisco; Now Guest in SF Jail

Did you ever wonder if you were harboring a disgruntled employees with his own V for Vendetta fantasy? The lesson from a story out of San Francisco is that we can't assume disgruntled employees only come from the lower ends...

Super Strength Threats & Resilient Malware

Malware like Storm is highly adaptive and resilient. Combating and controlling the latest forms of malware will take new techniques. This podcast examines the characteristics of super strength threats, looks at the Storm botnet as an example, and discusses new...

Role of ISPs in Customers' Security

In a post last Friday on disrupting botnets I argued that ISPs should have a greater role. At the same time I noted this wasn't an ideal solution and when it comes to implementation, there will be elements many of...

Hacking for Hillary

It's no surprise political campaign sites get hacked like others. Someone managed to inject malicious Javascript into the community forum on Barack Obama's site which redirected visitors to Clinton's site. Needless to say, speculation about the Clinton campaign's involvement came...

Summary of Latest Spam News: Some Good, Some Bad

Quick note, a new article on application security metrics has just been posted at the community site. Ok, back to spam,spam and more spam. Reading security news is like watching the stock market: some days are good, some are bad...

Reporting on Cyberthreats without Fear Mongering

The New York Times and an ABC affiliate in Durham, North Carolina provide a study in contrast on how to report about cyberthreats. The NYT covers the Estonia cyberattacks with details (not too technical though for the non-IT audience): The...

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