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A denial of service vulnerability exists within the Internet Connection Sharing service in Microsoft Windows XP. read more »
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The WordPress.com blog-hosting service suffered a DoS (denial-of-service) attack that began Saturday and was still preventing users from logging in or posting to their blogs on Tuesday. read more »
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Finding ways to limit DoS attacks and SMS spam by making it harder to spoof the origin of electronic communications is on the agenda at a telecommunications standards meeting next week -- but civil rights advocates worry it could put an end to anonymity on the Internet. read more »
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Self-trashing TCP exploitSecurity experts say they have discovered a flaw in a core internet protocol that can be exploited to disrupt just about any device with a broadband connection, a finding that could have profound consequences for millions of people who depend on websites, mail servers, and network infrastructure.… read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 01:43:57 -0500 (CDT)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/fundamental_net_vuln/By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register1st October 2008Security experts say they have discovered a flaw in a core internet protocol that can be exploited to disrupt just about any device with a broadband connection, a finding that could have profound consequences for millions of people who depend on websites, mail servers, and network infrastructure.The bug read more »
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Computer Misuse Act updatedA law criminalising denial of service attacks and the supply of hacking tools has been brought into force in England and Wales after a number of delays. The law was already in force in Scotland.… read more »
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