If you are a frequent reader of this blog, more or less you are already familiar with denial-of-service (DoS) attack. This attack typically targets a specific systems or servers and “floods” it with information in order to prevent legitimate users to access the information or service. This time around, we have observed a DoS attack […]
This afternoon the Apache Foundation released an awaited fix to the denial of service (DoS) vulnerability reported a few days ago. The fixes in version 2.2.20 of the Apache httpd server reduce the amount of memory that is used by range requests. If the total bytes of a file requested exceed the total file size, […]
We’ve recently received a sample of the bot client that was used by hacker group Lulzsec Brazil in conducting DDoS attacks against Brazilian websites. Those affected included the websites of both the Brazilian government and President. The said attack is not the first of its kind from the group – as the main LulzSec hacking […]
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