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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Smurf Attack
- An assault on a network that floods it with excessive messages in order to impede normal traffic. It is accomplished by sending ping requests ICMP echo requests to a...
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- DDoS + Web 2.0 == Buckets o' traffic
- Denial of Service attacks are based upon a simple idea: generate the maximum amount of traffic using the minimum amount of work. At one time this was as simple as sending a spoofed ICMP echo packet to a broadcast address or similar shenanigans. Modern DDoS attacks rely upon...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Network, Distributed Denial Of Service, Social Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetLike Facebook, MySpace Cares?Cost to much to do it the right way.They might have to hire real systems management and security staff.RE: Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetSod the DoS - look at the cute little picture of the chick!! So cute! I WANT ONE!I...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Facebook, botnet, DoS botnet, DOS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 pricesIt's about time this other shoe droppedIt's been anticipated for ages, in consideration of just how LONG the 360 has already been on the market. Even at these price points MSFT should continue to make profit on the hardware; you would think that after three years...
- Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, Games, wii, Xbox360, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Blu-ray disc, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...
- Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack
- In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...
- Tags: Technique, Spammer, Malware, Google Picasa, Attack, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakageSemantics..."while probable, [it’s] very unlikely"??? I think somebody needs to learn the definition of probable. Let's look, shall we? Per dictionary.com, Probable: "likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article."...
- Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, BitLocker password, BitLocker, attack, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw
- Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari WebKit and a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Safari, Web Browser, Flaw, Raff, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- NASA confirms infection, 'not the first time'
- NASA confirms infection, 'not the first time'Kind of makes me wonder.Why is Windows used at all? Infected through laptops in the upload link. Is WMP or Photoshop the official lock in of the space station? There is obviously a huge infrastructure in place to prevent infections. ...
- Tags: Linux, SECURITY, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, infection, space station, NASA, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?Brute force indexing?I have an inkling Cuil might not be everything it's touted to be. The only reason for brute force indexing is to fill in the gaps where you've come up short in your harvesting/indexing algorithms.RE: Is Cuil killing the Internet?I used Cuil to...
- Tags: Cuil, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage
- Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is "very unlikely." According to an advisory from iViZ, the password checking routine of Microsoft Bitlocker fails to sanitize...
- Tags: Password, Microsoft Corp., BitLocker, BIOS, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...
- Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Stentor Attack (exe)
- In this game, players control a tiny spaceship hovering above a small village. The spaceship must use its shield to intercept lasers sent by stentor to destroy the village. The pattern of the lasers is based on the melody of the selected mp3 music file. This version is the first...
- Tags: Stentor, Laser, Spaceship, Attack, Hibou
- Software downloads 2008-09-01
- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised
- Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan's current and former presidents : "The suspects are believed...
- Tags: Taiwan, Hacking, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat
- Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seatgood for him - stop patent pirates! and "patent" deformdoes this not seem like an appropriate action for an inventor to take? if i copy your article without your permission, do I get a pass? probably not because you...
- Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., patent, inventor
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
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