The website of the Georgian president was the subject of a distributed-denial-of-service attack over the weekend.
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.
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Network assailants brought Microsoft's Internet connection to its knees with a denial-of-service onslaught, causing the company's major Web sites to slow to a near-halt before service was finally restored. The FBI is investigating.
The year 2000 has certainly been a busy one for virus hunters. As the line blurs between viruses and security hacks, the one thing that remains clear is that security is no longer an optional cost for business.
The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?
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.
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.
A team of computer scientists is working to prevent new types of denial-of-service attacks aimed at battery-powered mobile devices.
Hackers have hit back against major security patches issued by the likes of Microsoft, with a marked rise in self-installing robot programs that allow an unauthorised user to control a computer remotely.
Although most network administrators do a fairly good job of filtering TCP and UDP traffic, many forget to filter ICMP traffic. ICMP traffic is necessary for troubleshooting TCP/IP and for managing its flow and proper function. However, ICMP is also dangerous.
Your data is important to you, but do you know if others are trying to get at it? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?
In 2002, users and companies got a respite from the disruptive viruses of 2001. But a more sophisticated generation of worms is on the way.
The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.
Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
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