Security News

UDP-based Portmap latest target for DDoS attackers looking to amplify attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-08-20 10:00

US-based carrier and global backbone operator Level 3 has spotted a new vector being used for DDoS reflection attacks: Portmapper (or simply Portmap). The Portmap service redirects the client to t...

Nasty Cisco Attack (Schneier on Security)
2015-08-19 17:34

This is serious: Cisco Systems officials are warning customers of a series of attacks that completely hijack critical networking gear by swapping out the valid ROMMON firmware image with one...

The unstoppable rise of DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-08-19 07:09

For the past three quarters, there has been a doubling in the number of DDoS attacks year over year, according to Akamai. And while attackers favored less powerful but longer duration attacks this qua...

Emergency IE Patch Fixes Vulnerability Under Attack (Threatpost)
2015-08-18 22:08

Microsoft released an out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer vulnerability under attack.