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Avira Premium Security Suite 9.0.0.376
Protect your computer from malware of all kind as well as from e-mail spam and port scanning attacks. TAGS: Avira, denial of service
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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, filter, Web server, request, server, connection
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GoDaddy.com suffers outage
November 30, 2005 Denial-of-service attack darkens about 600,000 customer Web sites for just over an hour. TAGS: GoDaddy, denial of service
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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. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, server, IP, attack, IP address, DOS, security
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DoSHTTP 2
Get an HTTP Flood Denial of Service Testing tool for your Windows. TAGS: flood, HTTP, denial of service, attack
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U.K. outlaws denial-of-service attacks
November 10, 2006 A newly passed law makes it illegal to impair the operation of a computer and closes a potential legal loophole. TAGS: denial of service, modification, U.K., e-mail server, law, operation, server, e-mail
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Apple sounds alarm over QuickTime flaws
November 4, 2005 "Highly critical" bug in media player could open door for a denial-of-service attack, security company says. TAGS: denial of service, Apple QuickTime, flaw, vulnerability, Apple Computer, attacker, security company, media player, security
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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. TAGS: Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks, cyberattack, denial of service, distributed denial of service, attack, DNS, event, survey, server
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Academics break the Great Firewall of China
July 3, 2006 University of Cambridge computer experts say they breached firewall and can use it to launch denial-of-service attacks. TAGS: packet, China, denial of service, Cambridge, computer expert, attacker, firewall, researcher, IP, connection, router
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Ethereal releases security update
October 20, 2005 Ethereal issues a patch to address flaws that could allow remote denial of service attacks, buffer overflows, or other attacks. TAGS: buffer-overflow, Symantec Corp., denial of service, security
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Hackers try to take down U.K. cops
May 3, 2005 A U.K. police chief has been bombarded with thousands of threatening e-mails in a denial-of-service attack aimed at crippling his force's computer systems. TAGS: computer system, U.K., force, denial of service, e-mail
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Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks
September 14, 2004 Patches released for flaws in software package that lets Windows files and printers be shared by Unix and Linux systems. TAGS: Samba, SAMBA Server, flaw, denial of service, Linux system, Unix, open-source software, Linux, open source, server, printer, Microsoft Windows
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Cisco plugs security holes
April 7, 2006 Flaws in software that runs various Cisco Systems networking infrastructure products could allow denial of service attacks. TAGS: optical networking, Cisco Systems Inc., denial of service, security
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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, attack, resource, security, server, e-mail
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Black Frog leaps into fight against spam
May 25, 2006 Okopipi project aims to continue antispam campaign launched by now-defunct Blue Frog effort, which suffered a DOS attack. TAGS: Wiki, denial of service, anti-spam, spammer, fight, project, spam, security, server, e-mail
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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., denial of service, PayPal, attack
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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, vulnerability, Cisco Systems Inc., attack, networking, security, operating system
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Unpatched Firefox 1.5 exploit made public
December 8, 2005 A flaw in the open-source browser's history.dat file potentially puts users at risk of a DoS attack. TAGS: Firefox 1.5, Packet Storm, Internet Storm Center, denial of service, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., flaw, Web browser, risk, open source, security, Microsoft Corp.
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Bug exposes Cisco switches to attacks
October 19, 2005 An attacker could interrupt the operation of certain Cisco Systems switches by sending it malformed data. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., termination, SSL, switch, denial of service
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SuSE releases critical patches
February 7, 2005 Linux seller creates patches to address vulnerabilities that can be exploited for spoofing or denial-of-service attacks. TAGS: SuSE, patch management, Novell Inc., vulnerability, denial of service, Linux