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JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks
July 28, 2006
Malicious code embedded in Web site can let miscreant map a home or corporate network, attack connected devices.
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security
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server
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programming
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router
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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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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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load balancing
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DNS
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Internet-backbone
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domain name
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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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DNS server
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Nominum Inc.
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DNS
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VeriSign Inc.
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chief scientist
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distributed denial of service
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denial of service
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attack
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IP address
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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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DNS
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IP
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server
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DOS
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IP address
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security
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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IP address
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IP
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.
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spammer
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anti-spam
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security
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server
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e-mail
'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.
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Second Life
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virtual worlds
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authority
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object
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server
'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says
June 16, 2004
Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says.
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Akamai Technologies Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Apple Computer
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security
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PC
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Microsoft Corp.
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.
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security
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e-mail
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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article
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server
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows
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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Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
November 22, 2006
Flaw could enable attackers to compromise usernames and passwords, security researcher warns, citing exploit on MySpace.
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Mozilla Corp.
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Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan
September 8, 2006
Malware that steals access codes sits on Samsung server and is spread by malicious spam and IM, Websense says.
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Sydney
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Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007
Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.
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Free Software Foundation
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intellectual property
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commission
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Novell Inc.
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innovation
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faith
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Europe
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server software
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protocol
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agreement
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Microsoft Corp.
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information technology
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attack
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Apple fixes 26 Mac OS flaws
August 2, 2006
Some of the vulnerabilities are serious and could be used in malicious attacks to commandeer Macs.
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Apple Computer
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Exposing software flaws--no easy job
June 7, 2007
Security researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability.
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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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Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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Microsoft Windows Server
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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server
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft attacks EU over antitrust process
February 15, 2006
European Commission rejects claims by the software giant that it has disregarded evidence, denied due process.
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documentation
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European Union
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compliance
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Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise
February 7, 2007
Kaspersky warns 2007 will bring increase in extortion schemes to encrypt your data and hold it hostage.
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