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Companies ignore dos and don’ts of DoS
Nearly three-quarters of businesses think they are safe from DoS attacks when they have less than adequate protection in place.
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Cisco addresses numerous vulnerabilities in ASA software
Many of the vulnerabilities can lead to a denial-of-service condition, but others could result in a full compromise of the affected system.
Security News
Telephonic DoS tied to Ukraine power grid takedown
More information is being revealed regarding the late December attack on the Ukrainian power grid with reports indicating the attack on the utility was supported by a simultaneous telephonic denial of service (DoS)incident.
Vulnerabilities
Cisco patches three DoS-related flaws
Cisco released updates for a trio of products that if exploited could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Features
Designing and Deploying Effective Defenses Against Denial-of-Service Attacks
One of the worst things a company can endure is watching helplessly as its web site goes under attack by hackers. Several of the most popular sites on the web – from Yahoo! to Microsoft – have experienced severe financial losses after their sites went down because of denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.…
Security News, Vulnerabilities
Cisco updates include fixes for ‘high’ rated RCE, DoS flaws
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products including flaws that could allow a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The updates included fixes for a remote code execution (RCE) flaw, a series denial of service (DoS) vulnerability, information disclosure vulnerability and several cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities,…
Security News
Cisco patches VoIP flaws
Cisco has patched its Unified CallManager and Presence Server software to fix vulnerabilities that could allow DoS attacks.
Vulnerabilities
Old version of HPE Lights-Out server management tech contains DoS vulnerability
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has disclosed the discovery of a serious vulnerability in a previous version of its Lights-Out 3 embedded server management technology, which could be remotely exploited to trigger a denial of service condition.
Security News, Vulnerabilities
Cisco posts security advisories for Series 7800 and 8800 phones
For the second time in one week security advisories were issued for a line of Cisco IP phones. On March 20 the company addressed vulnerabilities in its Series 7800 and 8800 phones, this follows a pair of advisories that were issued on March 14 covering its SPA514G IP phones. All the warnings are rated high.…
Malware, Security News
Siren bot uses 10 methods to send DoS attacks
Zscaler ThreatLabZ researchers identified a new DoS bot family named Siren that uses 10 different DoS methods to carry out attacks. The bot is capable of carrying out HTTP, HTTPS, and UDP flooding on any web server location as instructed by the command-and-control (C&C) server, according to a Dec. 21 blog post. Siren is also…
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