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- Measuring Global Denial of Service Attacks
- Cyberattacks as a tool for information warfare are not new and have been popular for well over a decade. Their growing prevalence, however, is a disturbing trend that requires study. Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks are one of the most widely crippling elements of many cyberwarfare campaigns. Designed to...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, CCD COE, Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, Security
- White papers 2009-03-31
- Using Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation Approach to Defend DDoS Attacks
- Denial of service attacks occur when the attacks are from a single host, whereas distributed denial of service attacks occur when multiple affected systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system. Although it is not possible to exempt entirely from denial of service or distributed denial of service...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Allocation, Distributed Denial Of Service, Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, Security
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Novel Mechanism to Defend DDoS Attacks Caused by Spam
- Corporate mail services are designed to perform better than public mail services. Fast mail delivery, large size file transfer as an attachments, high level spam and virus protection, commercial advertisement free environment are some of the advantages worth to mention. But these mail services are frequent target of hackers and...
- Tags: Spam, Distributed Denial Of Service, Mail Service, Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, Security
- White papers 2007-07-01
- A Survey on Solutions to Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
- Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack is a large-scale, coordinated attack on the availability of services of a victim system or network resource, launched indirectly through many compromised computers on the Internet. Researchers have come up with more and more specific solutions to the DDoS problem. However, existing DDoS attack...
- Tags: Survey, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Distributed Denial Of Service Attack, Security
- White papers 2006-09-19
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- The best VoIP solution is ...
- What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- 'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government
- Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...
- Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play
- Early this morning it was reported that Twitter had experienced at distributed denial of service DDoS attack that took the site offline for a few hours service has since been restored. During the time rumors floated that Facebook had suffered a similar attack due to slowness in service. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Distributed Denial Of Service, Twitter, Attack, Security, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist
- Popular microblogging service Twitter was knocked offline for an extended period this morning by what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attacks. Twitter confirmed the outage was linked to malicious attackers in a brief status message posted around 11:00 a.m EST. We are...
- Tags: Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Using NetFlow Auditor to Assist in Identifying Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks and Other Network Behavior Anomalies
- This Paper covers how Denial of Service Attacks DoS and Distributed Denial of Service Attacks DDos can be identified early to mitigate and attack. The paper will reflect a method to alert when changes occur outside of learnt baselines and how new patterns can be recognized when security analysts have...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Network, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, IdeaData, Security
- White papers 2009-08-01
- US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed
- So it's cyberwar. In a July 4 attack that is believed to come from North Korea or its sympathizers, the websites of a number of U.S. and South Korean government agencies were knocked out and experienced continuing problems since the holiday, the Associated Press is reporting today....
- Tags: U.S., North Korea, Web Site, FTC, Attack, Transportation, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites
- Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President's homepage which continues returning a "The maximum number of user reached, Server is too busy, please try again later..." message. ...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Web, Server, Web Site, Site, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Tool, Iran, Attack, Presstv.ir, SupportIran.php, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Gearing up for Apple's WWDC: Don't forget about the apps
- Gearing up for Apple's WWDC: Don't forget about the appsWow, this comment takes the cake!![i]It still doesn't change the fact that Apple changed the game with these apps and sent competitors - from RIM to Google - into copycat mode. Both Blackberry and Android phones both [b]now have apps for...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating systems, Mobile applications, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Apple Inc., app support, Apple iPhone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com
- Several NeuStar UltraDNS managed DNS service customers, including Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, advertising.com and Petco.com, were knocked offline for several hours yesterday morning by a distributed denial of service attack, reports rival Dynamic Network Services. Neustar confirmed the attack to NetworkWorld with the following statement: "Early...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Distributed Denial Of Service, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Conficker worm to DDoS legitimate sites in March
- Among the key innovations of the Conficker worm (W32.Downadup) was the pseudo-random domain generation algorithm used for the generation of dynamic command and control locations in order to make it nearly impossible for researchers and the industry to take them down. However, once the domain registration algorithm was successfully reverse...
- Tags: Domain, Worm, Distributed Denial Of Service, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Crimeware tracking service hit by a DDoS attack
- A week after a newly launched crimeware tracking service went public, cybercriminals didn't hesitate to prove its usefulness by launching a distributed denial of service attack DDoS against it. According to the Swiss security blog, the Zeus tracker came under attack from a previously known source that also attacked abuse.ch...
- Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Zeus Tracker, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Russia engaged in cyber war with neighboring countries
- This January marked "the third successful cyberattack against a country" -- when suspected Russian attackers distributed a denial of service attack that overwhelmed three of the four Internet service providers in Kyrgystan, disrupting Internet access, reports DefenseTech. The culprit? The IP traffic was traced back to Russian-based...
- Tags: Cybercrime, Russia, Attack, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Mac Trojan horse found in pirated Adobe Photoshop CS4
- A new variant of the iServices Trojan horse has been discovered by Intego. The new Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.B, is found in pirated software distributed via BitTorrent trackers and other sites containing links to pirated software, just like the previous version. OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan horse is...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan Horse, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- Will EDoS be the next DDoS?
- Will EDoS be the next DDoS?All DDoS is 'EDoS' - this isn't a new concept.Most DDoS for the better part of the last decade has been directly economically motivated - i.e., DDoS protection rackets, in which the attackers DDoS a victim, then send a demand for payment to make the...
- Tags: SECURITY, distributed denial of service, EDoS
- Discussion threads 2009-01-25
- DDoS: A Threat You Can't Afford to Ignore
- Distributed denial of service, otherwise known as DDoS, refers to a form of attack whereby a number of source IPs simultaneously send an abnormally large number of packets to a particular destination, thereby overwhelming the bandwidth or the processing power of the destination. Over the years, the industry has seen...
- Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Security
- White papers 2009-01-21
- Protect Network-Based Power Grid Applications From Denial of Service Attacks
- Today distributed industrial networks use Internet to transmit feedback and control signals between a plant and a controller. However there are several attacks on the Internet. From these attacks perhaps Denial-of-Service DoS attack is the most detrimental one that affects the packet delivery. DoS attack causes significant disruption to the...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Network, Power Grid, Attack, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Internet, Security
- White papers 2009-01-19
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