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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.
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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.
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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.
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Symantec warns of router compromise
January 24, 2008
Security company says it has seen an attack using a cross-site scripting flaw in 2Wire DNS routers.
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DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel
August 3, 2005
Scan finds that hundreds of thousands of the servers that act as the white pages of the Net are vulnerable to attack.
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Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers
February 15, 2007
Ability to change the settings of poorly configured home routers could put home networks at risk of serious attack.
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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Linksys
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Symantec Corp.
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Netgear
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JavaScript
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DNS servers do hackers' dirty work
March 24, 2006
New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business.
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Nominum Inc.
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DNS
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distributed denial of service
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chief scientist
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assault
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VeriSign Inc.
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domain name
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Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw
April 13, 2007
Attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 through a flaw in the domain name system code.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft hands out antidote to poisoned URLs
April 7, 2005
Recommends changing server software configurations to help protect against DNS cache poisoning, a technique used in online attacks.
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Internet backbone at center of suspected attack
February 7, 2007
Hackers may have targeted DNS servers that form the backbone of the Internet--but no damage was done, experts believe.
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Internet Service Provider
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Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks
March 25, 2007
Problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, researchers warn.
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Attack code raises Windows DNS zero-day risk
April 16, 2007
At least four exploits for vulnerability in the Windows domain name system service were published over the weekend.
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McAfee Inc.
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Windows
Another hefty patch month for Microsoft
August 8, 2006
Count 'em: A dozen security updates, nine rated "critical," covering 20 holes in Windows and three in Office.
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Phishers change bait as IM use grows
March 30, 2005
Scammers are increasingly using IM to launch phishing attacks, according to a report.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Phishers catch on to the Net's 'long tail'
September 12, 2006
Online scammers are no longer targeting just the best-known brands, according to a new report.
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Websense Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
Security adviser: Cyberthreats keep growing
November 22, 2006
Howard Schmidt, former security adviser to the White House, warns of upcoming threats to businesses and the Net itself.
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PC
Week in review: The gold in being green
April 13, 2007
It's easier being green when environmentally friendly technologies and practices yield financial rewards.
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