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  • Attack on SCO sites at an end

    The SCO Group's Web site and file servers are back online, after being hit by a denial-of-service attack that cut off access for almost two days.

  • Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

    A cyberattack that shut down Blue Security also felled thousands of blogs when the antispam site deflected the malicious hits, analysts said.

  • Second source, not open source, is the key

    Backups aren't just for the server room - every point in a strategy needs that option.

  • New weapons in the war against DoS attacks

    Industry watchdog groups are warning that denial of service attacks are becoming more destructive each year. Learn about some new tools you can add to your arsenal of DoS defenses to help safeguard your enterprise.

  • Fighting DoS attacks

    Choosing the right weapon against denial-of-service attacks is more challenging as new technologies hit the shelves. Learn how some enterprises chose solutions, and find out what tech issues came into play.

  • Adware company threatens denial of service attack

    Security experts have criticised targeted-ad company Phorm, claiming the nature of its infrastructure could increase the likelihood of successful denial-of-service attacks against its ISP customers.

  • Georgian president suffers cyberattack

    The website of the Georgian president was the subject of a distributed-denial-of-service attack over the weekend.

  • TCP flaw threatens Web servers

    Two researchers in Sweden have found multiple flaws in the TCP stack that could lead to massive denial-of-service attacks if exploited. At present there is no workaround and there are no patches available.

  • NAB and Mac Uni tag team to fight cybercrime

    The National Australia Bank is teaming up with Macquarie University to develop methods to pre-empt cyberattacks on financial institutions.

  • Get ready for attacks on VoIP?

    Spam, phishing and denial of service could all soon be threatening VoIP services, and businesses need to take steps now to ward off the danger.

  • Westpac hit by DoS attacks

    Westpac is considering additional security measures for its online banking system after a spate of security and availability dramas.

  • Cisco patches security flaws in number of products

    Cisco Systems has released a security patch to fix vulnerabilities in a number of its products that are at risk of a denial of service attack.

  • NAB floats denial-of-service threats to the cloud

    Thanks to bots and the rise of financially-driven cybercrime, the menace of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are too real to ignore -- defending against such attacks however is driving collaboration between ISPs and top tier telcos to push security to the cloud.

  • A million zombies threaten US national security

    More than a million PCs under the control of spammers are threatening the US national security, its economy and its information infrastructure, according to the FBI.

  • Cisco patches Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

    Cisco has issued two sets of patches for vulnerabilities in its wireless networking software.

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