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<font size="3"><b>Abstract</b></font><br><i> On February 1, 2004, the Web site of the SCO Group on that weekend was hit by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack generated by the ...
Written by: Hang Chau and added on Jan. 25, 2011Reducing False Positives using Vulnerability Assessment
<font size="3"><b>Abstract</b></font><br> <i>Configuring Intrusion Detection System that suits the network is a tedious task for the security analyst. They need to be aware of the network topology and the hosts ...
Written by: Ramesh S and Elango K and added on April 26, 2011Network Security - Defense Against DoS/DDoS Attacks
<font size="3"><b>Abstract</b></font><br><i> DoS/DDoS attacks are a virulent, relatively new type of Internet attacks, they have caused some biggest web sites on the world -- owned by the most famous E-Commerce ...
Written by: Hang Chau and added on June 5, 2011Denial of Service (DOS) Attacks
During the release of a new software product specialized to track spam, ACME Software Inc noticed that there was not as much traffic as they hoped to receive. During further ...
Written by: Jeremy Martin and added on Feb. 16, 2011Data Piracy - The Threat from Within Catching data thieves before it's too late
<b><font size="3">What's Going on Here?</font></b><br><br> Believe it or not, these are actual headlines from recent trade journals. And they contain a pattern - a frightening one: <ul> <li><i>AOL Customer List ...
Written by: Ken Richardson and added on June 17, 2011UDP Remote Controls
<b><font size="3">1 Introduction</font></b><br><br> I want to illustrate, with this article, the possibility to control servers with the UDP protocol. In order to exemplify the topic in question, I conceptualized the ...
Written by: Angelo Rosiello and added on June 6, 2011Information Systems Security Training Virus and Worms
<b>Virus damage estimated at $55 billion in 2003</b>. “SINGAPORE - Trend Micro Inc, the world's third-largest anti-virus software maker, said Friday that computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated ...
Written by: Jeremy Martin and added on June 23, 2011Integrating Security into the Corporate Culture
<b><font size="3">Introduction</font></b><br><br> At a major security conference several years ago, I asked a group of security professionals to define risk in such a way that it could be understood by ...
Written by: Steve Purser and added on Jan. 1, 2011So Many Worms, So Little Time
Let's face it; the Internet is a dangerous place, and it's not getting any better. <a href="http://www.us-cert.gov/federal/statistics/">Statistics</a> show a rapid increase in the rate of Internet-based attacks. The ability of ...
Written by: Randy Nash and added on Feb. 12, 2011Managing Non-Login and Locked Solaris 10 Accounts
Today's entry will focus on enhancements to the passwd(1) command to better support the distinction between locked and non-login accounts. Specifically, we will be looking at the new <i>-u</i> and ...
Written by: Glenn M. Brunette, Jr. and added on March 17, 2011