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How 4G and 5G networks are vulnerable to Denial-of-Service attacks
2020-03-26 13:01

A report released Thursday by Positive Technologies explains how and why existing 4G and new 5G networks can be hurt by Denial-of-Service attacks in particular. Specifically, the company looked at 4G and 5G networks using Diameter signaling protocol, a method for coordinating data among different Internet Protocol network elements.

China fires up 'Great Cannon' denial-of-service blaster, points it toward Hong Kong
2019-12-06 20:07

Protest organizers come under fire from network traffic barrage China is reportedly using the 'cannon' capabilities of its massive domestic internet to try and take down anti-government websites...

Denial of service kingpin hit with 13 months denial of freedom and a massive bill to pay
2019-11-15 19:40

Illinois man gets more than a year in the slammer for $550K DDoS scheme A US court has sentenced the operator of a massive DDoS service to 13 months in prison.…

VM escape flaw in QEMU allows for arbitrary code execution, denial of service
2019-08-26 15:39

Reassembly of fragmented packets can potentially be exploited against cloud-hosted virtual machine services.

Unpatched vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS enables easily exploitable denial of service attack
2019-03-28 18:37

Despite having nearly a year to address the vulnerability, no patch is available for a critical vulnerability, leaving network admins no alternative to disabling IPv6 support.

Denial of Service vulnerability discovered in Triconex TriStation Software Suite Emulator
2019-03-20 05:45

Applied Risk ICS Security Consultant Tom Westenberg discovered a DoS vulnerability in an emulated version of the Triconex TriStation Software Suite. Triconex is a Schneider Electric brand which...

Vulnerabilities in industrial Ethernet switches allow for credential theft, denial-of-service attacks
2019-03-11 13:15

Industrial Ethernet switches from Moxa were found to lack basic security measures, making it possible to brute-force access to the switch management console, according to Positive Technologies.

IoT Scale Flaws Enable Denial of Service, Privacy Issues
2019-02-05 22:09

Flaws in this connected smart scale might give the diet-challenged a legitimate reason to be nervous.

Drone Denial-of-Service Attack against Gatwick Airport
2018-12-21 12:24

Someone is flying a drone over Gatwick Airport in order to disrupt service: Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick's chief operating officer, said on Thursday afternoon there had been another drone sighting...

Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted
2018-04-26 14:52

The site's down and at least four of its admins have been arrested