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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

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. TAGS: SPI Dynamics, JavaScript, corporate network, internal network, attack, AJAX, researcher, Web application, Web server, scanner, Web browser, server, security, router, programming, IP

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, DNS, event, survey, server

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, VeriSign Inc., assault, denial of service, target, attack, server, domain name, IP address, IP

'Final Fantasy XI' under attack

April 18, 2005 DDoS attacks bog down performance of Square Enix's online services; gamers in Japan, Europe and North America affected. TAGS: Final Fantasy, distributed denial of service, attack, Japan, North America, Europe, server

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. TAGS: DNS server, Internet-backbone, DNS, attack, domain name, server, Internet service, expert, service provider, Symantec Corp., IP address, Internet Service Provider, IP

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, IP, server, attack, DOS, IP address, security

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, DNS server, Internet-backbone, denial of service, domain name, attack, server

'Nimda' worm strikes Net, e-mail

September 19, 2001 The Nimda worm floods the Internet with scans for vulnerable servers and e-mail, prompting the FBI to create a task force to investigate the attack, sources say. TAGS: Nimda worm, Code Red worm, vulnerable server, Microsoft IIS Server, terrorist attack, worm, evidence, spokeswoman, server, attack, antivirus, Symantec Corp., virus, e-mail, security, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: DNS server, DNS, attacker, domain, server, IP address, IP, Internet service, service provider, attack, Internet Service Provider, PC, e-mail

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. TAGS: DNS, server software, data center, attack, DNS server, threat, Microsoft Windows Server, server, Microsoft Corp., spyware, setting, security, Microsoft Windows

Experts: Sober time bomb's under control

January 4, 2006 Variant of worm that clogged e-mail servers is expected to attack this week, but antivirus specialists aren't worried. TAGS: F-Secure Corp., antivirus company, Websense Inc., attack, e-mail server, expert, antivirus, worm, Internet Service Provider, virus, e-mail, server

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

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, victim, attack, traffic, Internet Service Provider, method, server, security

'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. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, outage, attack, home PC, attacker, server, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Apple Computer, security, PC, 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. TAGS: distributed denial of service, denial of service, resource, attack, security, server, 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. TAGS: Second Life, virtual worlds, denial of service, attack, authority, object, server

Phishing fight may be paying off

October 14, 2005 Though the number of phishing sites has hit a new high, swift action is making it tougher to launch attacks. TAGS: phishing Web site, phishing, fight, attack, bank, server

Microsoft grapples with attack on MSN Korea site

June 3, 2005 Hackers apparently aimed to steal user information from the news section of the South Korean MSN Web site. TAGS: MSN, flaw, attack, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, server, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Virus writers follow the money

March 21, 2005 More than half of recent major Net threats try to glean identity theft data, according to a new Symantec study. TAGS: phishing, identity theft, Symantec Corp., attacker, Web application, attack, virus, e-mail, server
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