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I’m looking for a solution to mitigate DoS attacks, specifically the slow rate DoS attack variant known as Slowloris, adapted for HTTP/2:
In this attack, after establishing the connection, the client sends the Connection Preface (which ini… Continue reading Help to Mitigate Slow Rate (Slowloris) DoS Attack in HTTP/2
I’m looking for a solution to mitigate DoS attacks, specifically the slow rate DoS attack variant known as Slowloris, adapted for HTTP/2:
In this attack, after establishing the connection, the client sends the Connection Preface (which ini… Continue reading Help to Mitigate Slow Rate (Slowloris) DoS Attack in HTTP/2
Operation PowerOFF has disrupted what was anticipated to be a surge of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the Christmas period by taking over two dozen “booter” or “stresser” websites offline.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire S… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for-hire services disrupted in run-up to holiday season
A CEO is arrested for turning satellite receivers into DDoS attack weapons! Then, we’ll journey into the world of bossware and “affective computing” and explore how AI is learning to read our emotions – is this the future of work, or a recipe for dyst… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #396: Dishy DDoS dramas, and mining our minds for data
A Kansas City man is accused of hacking into local businesses, not to steal money, but to… get a cheaper gym membership? A DNA-testing firm has vanished, leaving customers in the dark about what’s happened to their sensitive genetic data. And Austral… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #395: Gym hacking, disappearing DNA, and a social lockout
In my Cryptography & Network Security course, my professor mentioned that you can "knock off" a station of a network by abusing the timings of the exponential off algorithm used in CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA. He explains that the at… Continue reading Can exponential back-off be abused to "knock off" a station off a network?
A disgruntled former Disney employee is facing charges that he hacked into the company’s restaurant menu systems and wreaked havoc on its digital displays that could have potentially put lives at risk.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security… Continue reading Fired Disney worker accused of hacking into restaurant menus, replacing them with Windings and false peanut allergy information
WordPress’s emperor, Matt Mullenweg, demands a hefty tribute from WP Engine, and a battle erupts, leaving millions of websites hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, the Internet Archive, a digital library preserving our online history, is under siege fro… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #389: WordPress vs WP Engine, and the Internet Archive is down
Cloudflare just blocked the current record DDoS attack: 3.8 terabits per second. (Lots of good information on the attack, and DDoS in general, at the link.)
News article.
Continue reading Largest Recorded DDoS Attack is 3.8 Tbps
ForeScout said one of them warranted rating at the maximum severity level, although DrayTek has issued patches.
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