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Learn how to protect your Linux server from the fork bomb denial-of-service attack with this video tutorial by Jack Wallen.
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Expect to see TCP amplification used in parallel with UDP amplification as part of a multi-vector campaign designed to defeat mitigation defenses.
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A critical security vulnerability has been discovered and fixed in the popular open-source Exim email server software, which could allow a remote attacker to simply crash or potentially execute malicious code on targeted servers.
Exim maintainers toda… Continue reading New Critical Exim Flaw Exposes Email Servers to Remote Attacks — Patch Released
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks are cyberattacks designed to render a computer or network service unavailable to its users. A standard DoS attack is when an attacker utilizes a single machine to launch an attack to exhaust the resources of another mac… Continue reading The Emergence of Denial-of-Service Groups
Various implementations of HTTP/2, the latest version of the HTTP network protocol, have been found vulnerable to multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the most popular web server software, including Apache, Microsoft’s IIS, and NGINX.
Launched … Continue reading 8 New HTTP/2 Implementation Flaws Expose Websites to DoS Attacks
A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability simply by sending an email. Continue reading Critical Flaw in Cisco’s Email Security Appliance Enables ‘Permanent DoS’
Samba maintainers have just released new versions of their networking software to patch two critical vulnerabilities that could allow unprivileged remote attackers to launch DoS attacks against servers and change any other users’ passwords, including a… Continue reading Update Samba Servers Immediately to Patch Password Reset and DoS Vulnerabilities
Cybercriminals have figured out a way to abuse widely-used Memcached servers to launch over 51,000 times powerful DDoS attacks than their original strength, which could result in knocking down of major websites and Internet infrastructure.
In recent d… Continue reading Memcached Servers Abused for Massive Amplification DDoS Attacks
A simple yet serious application-level denial of service (DoS) vulnerability has been discovered in WordPress CMS platform that could allow anyone to take down most WordPress websites even with a single machine—without hitting with a massive amount of … Continue reading Unpatched DoS Flaw Could Help Anyone Take Down WordPress Websites
As part of its “October Patch Tuesday,” Microsoft has today released a large batch of security updates to patch a total of 62 vulnerabilities in its products, including a severe MS office zero-day flaw that has been exploited in the wild.
Security upd… Continue reading Microsoft Issues Patches For Severe Flaws, Including Office Zero-Day & DNS Attack