DoS: Short for Denial of Service attack, a type of attack on a network that is designed to bring the network to its knees by flooding it with useless traffic. Many DoS attacks, such as the Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the TCP/IP protocols. For all known ...
The SPI Firewall can prevent cyber attacks and validate the traffic that is passing through the router based on the protocol. This function is enabled by default, and it’s recommended to keep the default settings. The DoS Protection can protect your home network against DoS attacks from floodi...
Attacks on web infrastructure can result in slow load times and related issues for legitimate customers. On the other hand, hardware attacks can render a device virtually useless. In these cases, one quick fix is turning off the device and disconnecting your router. We recommend talking to your...
Enable multi-factor authentication on your domain registrar account and use a registrar lock service to request your permission before changing DNS records.Ward off a DNS attack with BlueCatThe best way to prevent DNS attacks is to deploy a centralized, automated, and secure DDI platform. This ...
DDoS attacks overwhelm servers with malicious traffic, causing a website to shut down temporarily or permanently. Companies can prevent and detect such threats using in-line or out-of-band protection tools. You can also set alerts for too many unexpected requests from a specific server. In this...
Hacked devices often end up as part of a botnet. A botnet is a large, distributed network of compromised devices controlled by criminals. Botnets are used to perform Denial-of-Service (DoS) and brute-force login attacks. If your device and IP are being used to engage in these crimes, you...
Using spoofed IP addresses enables attackers to do the following: keep authorities from discovering who they are and implicating them in the attack; prevent targeted devices from sending alerts about attacks in which they are unwitting participants; and ...
Hardware or firmware rootkits can affect your hard drive, your router, or your system’s BIOS, which is the software installed on a small memory chip in your computer’s motherboard. Instead of targeting your operating system, they target the firmware of your device to install malware which ...
This chapter explores basic network applications—the clients and servers running in user space that reside at the application layer. Because this layer is at the top of the stack, close to end users, you may find this material more accessible than the material in Chapter 9. Indeed, you inte...
One software-basedfirewall is Bitdefender,which purports to block intrusions and filter your network traffic. It also includes webcam and microphone protection to prevent eavesdropping. One of the most prevalent kinds of attacks that firewalls help prevent is denial of service (DDoS) attacks, Tom ...