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How a 'denial of service' attack works

February 10, 2000 One by one, leading sites on the Web have been brought to their knees by so-called denial of service attacks. CNET News.com shows you how such attacks work and how companies can prevent them. TAGS: denial of service, attack, Web server, filter, request, server, connection

Cyberattack in Estonia--what it really means

May 29, 2007 Arbor Networks' Jose Nazario takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation--and the wider implications. TAGS: Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks, cyberattack, denial of service, distributed denial of service, attack, event, survey, DNS, server

New denial-of-service threat emerges

March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, server, IP, attack, DOS, IP address, security

DNS servers do hackers' dirty work

March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, distributed denial of service, chief scientist, assault, VeriSign Inc., denial of service, target, attack, server, domain name, IP address, IP

Security from A to Z: DDoS

November 27, 2006 Denial-of-service attacks, which take down a Web resource, are used by digital blackmailers. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: distributed denial of service, denial of service, resource, attack, security, server, e-mail

Juniper routers exposed to attack

January 31, 2005 A flaw in some versions of the Junos OS could make networks vulnerable to DOS attacks, the gear maker warns. TAGS: Juniper Networks Inc., denial of service, router, flaw, Cisco Systems Inc., vulnerability, attack, networking, security, operating system

Taking aim at denial-of-service attacks

May 13, 2003 Graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University propose plans for stopping high-volume digital onslaughts that are used to shut down Internet sites. TAGS: graduate student, proposal, denial of service, attack, victim, traffic, Internet Service Provider, method, server, security

Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer

May 18, 2006 Eran Reshef, who asked people to bury spammers simply by replying to spam e-mails, falls victim to mass online attack. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, denial of service, attack, security, e-mail, server

'Second Life' fending off denial-of-service attacks

May 1, 2006 Popular virtual world taken offline twice over the weekend so its publisher could clean up effects of grid attacks. TAGS: Second Life, virtual worlds, denial of service, authority, attack, object, server

New shield foiled Internet backbone attack

March 9, 2007 ICANN report says new load-balancing technology helped the Internet withstand a February attack on the domain name system. TAGS: load balancing, DNS, Internet-backbone, DNS server, denial of service, domain name, attack, server

Cyberattack knocks millions of blogs offline

May 3, 2006 A large-scale attack hits TypePad and LiveJournal, blacking out a huge swath of blogs. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, TypePad, cyberattack, blog, attack, denial of service, San Francisco

Sun Grid hit by network attack

March 23, 2006 Public computing service was hit by a denial-of-service attack that took down its text-to-speech service. TAGS: network attack, Sun Microsystems Inc., PayPal, denial of service, attack

Botnets on the rise in Asia, Symantec says

September 22, 2005 Hijacking of systems by hackers grew by more than 140 percent in China alone, according to security firm's report. TAGS: Asia-Pacific, bot, Symantec Corp., Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, region, Asia, attack, Beijing, denial of service, China, security

Denial-of-service glitch could threaten Windows

March 8, 2005 Well-known flaw in handling IP packets surfaces in Windows, but Microsoft denies that "LAND attacks" are serious threat. TAGS: attack, denial of service, threat, IP, researcher, Microsoft Corp., firewall, Microsoft Windows, security, operating system

Skype could provide botnet controls

January 26, 2006 Net phone services could allow cybercriminals to launch attacks without being detected, a communications group has warned. TAGS: cybercriminal, VoIP, zombie, Skype, Vonage Holdings Corp., denial of service, VoIP company, Internet phone, attack, IRC, eBay Inc., server

Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw

November 29, 2005 Code crashes vulnerable computers by taking advantage of a flaw for which Microsoft provided a fix in October. TAGS: flaw, denial of service, attack, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

Vigilantes launch attack on scam sites

February 10, 2005 Group called 419 Flash Mob has started denial-of-service attacks against Web sites they claim are used by Internet criminals. TAGS: bond, criminal, denial of service, bank, U.K., attack, security

Code exploits Windows flaw in image file handling

November 29, 2005 Code takes advantage of a "critical" vulnerability Microsoft provided a fix for earlier this month. TAGS: flaw, spokeswoman, imaging, patch, vulnerability, denial of service, code, attack, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

Symantec details flaws in its antivirus software

March 30, 2005 Security specialist reveals vulnerabilities in its products that could let hackers attack PCs running the software. TAGS: Symantec Corp., flaw, antivirus software, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, vulnerability, Norton Co., denial of service, Japan, attack, patch management, antivirus, virus, security

Between phishers and the deep blue sea

July 18, 2005 Scams involving fake e-mail and Web sites are increasingly originating overseas, making them harder to trace and block. TAGS: Computer Security Incident Response Team, zombie, phishing, China, denial of service, attack, leader, security, U.S., virus, e-mail, PC
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