Security News

Update Samba Servers Immediately to Patch Password Reset and DoS Vulnerabilities
2018-03-13 10:18

Samba has just released new security patches for two critical vulnerabilities that could allow unprivileged remote attackers to launch DoS attacks against servers and change any other users'...

Unpatched DoS Flaw Could Help Anyone Take Down WordPress Websites
2018-02-05 11:48

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...

Information Disclosure, DoS Flaws Patched in libcurl
2018-01-25 17:55

The developers of the popular multiprotocol data transfer library libcurl informed users on Wednesday that the latest version addresses two vulnerabilities. read more

Week in review: DoS attacks against hard disk, ethical hacking, and the rise of ransom hacks
2018-01-22 03:31

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Norwegian health authority hacked, patient data of nearly 3 million citizens possibly compromised Hackers have...

Vulnerability in ISC BIND leads to DoS, patch today!
2018-01-17 16:00

The Internet Systems Consortium has released security updates for BIND, the most widely used Domain Name System (DNS) software on the Internet, and a patch for ISC DHCP, its open source software...

DoS attacks against hard disk drives using acoustic signals
2018-01-16 19:31

A group of Princeton and Purdue researchers has shown that it’s possible to mount a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against hard disk drives via acoustic signals. Threat severity Hard disk drives...

Exim Internet Mailer Found Vulnerable to RCE And DoS Bugs; Patch Now
2017-11-27 01:14

A security researcher has discovered and publicly disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in the popular Internet mail message transfer agent Exim, one of which could allow a remote attacker to...

Many Brother Printers Vulnerable to Remote DoS Attacks
2017-11-07 11:35

Remote attackers can cause thousands of Brother printers to temporarily stop working by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability discovered recently by researchers at Trustwave. read more

Cisco Patches DoS Flaw in BGP over Ethernet VPN Implementation
2017-11-06 16:15

Cisco has updated its IOS XE software to address a denial of service vulnerability in its implementation of BGP over an Ethernet VPN.

The Internet Sees Nearly 30,000 Distinct DoS Attacks Each Day: Study
2017-11-06 14:06

The incidence of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks has consistently grown over the last few years, "steadily becoming one of the biggest threats to Internet stability and reliability." Over the last...