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Attacks Silence Privacy Concerns
News Last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon marked a significant turning point in the debate over computer and Internet privacy, giving new weight to calls for broader government surveillance powers.
[September 18, 2001, 9:16]
Attacks And Countermeasures: A Study Of Network Attack Classes And Security Components To Protect Against Them
White Papers There are many types of network attacks, and security solutions to address almost all of them. Most attack types fall into three major categories: attacks on integrity, attacks on confidentiality or attacks on availability.
[July 19, 2003, 0:00]
Attacks Puzzle Open-source Community
News A recent spate of attacks on Macromedia Flash developer community Web sites has exposed a potential security threat in a common open-source mailing list application. It took two separate attacks on the site to spot the security vulnerability...
[February 13, 2004, 9:50]
'Attacks Threaten Innovation' - Ballmer
Talkback One would also consider the fact that, with enforced audits, such attacks also do a lot to encourage the stability of Microsoft releases. Innovation is nothing without control.
[September 16, 2003, 10:47]
No Remedy In Sight For Denial Of Service Attacks
News Denial-of-service attacks are becoming more common and, in many cases, more serious, security experts said in the wake of an attack on the Internet's main warning system for security threats. The potential damage from such attacks rises as...
[June 4, 2001, 9:13]
Tracking And Tracing Cyber-Attacks: Technical Challenges And Global Policy Issues
White Papers In the cyber world, the current state of the practice regarding the technical ability to track and trace Internet-based attacks is primitive at best. Sophisticated attacks can be almost impossible to trace to their true source using current practices.
[December 1, 2004, 23:00]
Attacks Shouldn't Shake Tech Industry
News But defence electronics may also get a longer-term boost because the current military-industrial complex revolves around building hardware for big wars against easily identifiable enemies, rather than attacks from guerrilla groups scattered around...
[September 17, 2001, 16:03]
Security Experts Lift Lid On Chinese Hack Attacks
News Security experts have revealed tantalising details about a group of Chinese hackers who are suspected of launching intelligence gathering attacks against the US government. The attacks, which are ongoing, were particularly effective on the night of...
[November 23, 2005, 16:05]
Cell Phone Attacks - MyMobiSafe.com Appears In Wall Street Journal
Blog Cell Phone Attacks - MyMobiSafe.com Appears In Wall Street Journal By Eric Everson, Founder - MyMobiSafe.com As a startup business, there is nothing more flattering than having a globally respected media source such as the Wall Street Journal turn...
[July 6, 2007, 0:24]
Hackers Earn Income From Spam Attacks
News While individual users generate very little spam -- three or four messages per day - Reaves believes the problem is amplified by the proliferation of distributed, remote systems management tools, which have been used in the past to launch denial...
[July 4, 2001, 11:49]
The Challenge Of Securing Networks Against DOS Attacks
White Papers As a result, the number of attacks is expected to continue to grow rapidly. Classified as "denial of service" (DoS) attacks, these attacks flood a network and tie up valuable resources that run e-commerce sites or internal applications.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
A Year Ago: Denial Of Service Attacks Loom In GM Food Protest
News British cyber-activists, angry at the advent of GM foods, have pledged to launch Denial of Service attacks on several multinational organisations involved with the controversial foodstuffs. The message also states that the group is looking to...
[March 16, 2001, 6:03]
Al-Jazeera Struggles Against Continued Attacks
News These attacks have happened to eBay and the like. Al-Jazeera hasn't made much progress in defeating the online attacks. Al-Jazeera, the Middle Eastern news network, is likely to remain inaccessible via the Internet for as long as online vandals...
[March 28, 2003, 8:14]
Skype May Assist Botnet Attacks
News Internet phone services such as Skype and Vonage could provide a means for cybercriminals to send spam and launch attacks that cripple Web sites, experts have warned. VoIP applications could provide excellent cover for launching denial-of-service...
[January 26, 2006, 9:30]
Networks Boost Security Against Attacks
News An FBI warning has administrators of the nation's corporate networks double-checking -- and double-locking -- their systems in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Among the recommendations RedSiren is making to...
[September 17, 2001, 10:39]
The Phishing Guide: Understanding & Preventing Phishing Attacks
White Papers This paper covers the technologies and security flaws Phishers exploit to conduct their attacks, and provides detailed vendor-neutral advice on what organisations can do to prevent future attacks. Phishing is the new 21st century crime.
[February 21, 2005, 23:00]
Web Acts As Hub For Info On Attacks
News Following yesterday's terrorist attacks in the US, many news Web sites were unable to cope with the traffic they received as millions of people looked for information about the tragedy. The State Department's Office of Overseas Citizens Services...
[September 12, 2001, 9:35]
DoS Attacks Becoming Commonplace
News A researcher at the University of California at San Diego has documented that denial-of-service attacks are commonplace on the Internet, with an average of 4,000 occurring each week during a recent three-week study.
[May 29, 2001, 13:42]
Researchers Shed Light On DoS Attacks
News Online vandals intent on lashing out at companies and rivals stage denial-of-service attacks more than 4,000 times every week, researchers from the University of California at San Diego said Tuesday. However, a large number of individual users and...
[May 23, 2001, 9:02]
DiscountASP.NET Wards Off DoS Threats & 10 Million Online Attacks With TippingPoint Protecting Its Customers
White Papers To thwart the attacks, DiscountASP.NET contacted vendors of intrusion prevention and DoS protection solutions, such as Mazu Networks, Foundry Networks and TippingPoint, a division of 3Com. In May 2005, a distributed Denial of Service (DoS) attack...
[October 20, 2006, 0:00]
