In this paper, an overview on DDoS problem, major factors causing DDoS attacks are demonstrated, brief detail of most recent DDoS incidents on online organizations is outlined and finally, the need for a comprehensive distributed solution is highlighted....
Recent Cyber Attacks from 2023 Under normal business circumstances, cyber attacks are an ever-increasing problem causing trillions of dollars in losses. To make matters worse, the war between Russia and Ukraine exacerbated these problems with a flurry of major politically-motivated cyber attacks in 20...
Dorkbot is a botnet used to steal online payment, participate in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and deliver other types of malware to victims’ computers. According to Microsoft, the family of malware used in this botnet “has infected more than one million personal computers in ...
These are just a few headlines of the recent ransomware attacks that have been making waves in the news. Ransomware attacks are a cause for concern for governments, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and other organizations and businesses worldwide. They're also a major issue ...
and major websites unable to navigate the web or communicate with each other. Perhaps more remarkable than the unprecedented severity of the DDoS attack on Dyn is the manner in which it was reportedly launched: hackers were able to temporarily bring down large portions of the internet by...
According to news reporting originating from Wuhan, People's Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a predominant threat to the availability of online services due to their size and frequency. However, developing an effective security ...
Using our evaluation framework, we show that supposedly small changes of the parameters can have a major influence on the measured performance of a fuzzer. A Quantitative Comparison of Covera (AST 2020) Paper Abstract: In recent years, many tools have been developed for fuzz testing that ...
Sony has shut down its LittleBigPlanet servers due to the "severity of the recent attacks" that "target [its] loyal community members". While the tweet stopped short of confirming what, exactly, the attacks consist of, Eurogamer reports "offensive messages" are what's forced the servers...
In this article I pmvide a derailedaccounrof those Pilots Regiment Eachglider conlainedseatsfor 28 men,together*irh evenr relevant 10 staging a refight of rhe coup-de-Dainattacksby their equipdenr. No heavy weaponswere cuied in this assaulr,so Major Howdd s D Company,Ox & ...
An ongoing malware campaign has been found exploiting recently disclosed vulnerabilities in network-attached storage (NAS) devices running on Linux systems to co-opt the machines into anIRC botnetfor launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and mining Monero cryptocurrency. ...