Can hackers knock out the Internet? Probably not, but it look like attackers tried to disrupt DNS recent by launching a distributed denial of service attack against the root DNS servers. Watch today's video to learn how the IT community can make it harder for attackers to launch reflected attacks. (Episode Runtime: 4:04) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Critical BIND DoS – Daily Security Byte EP.121
The most popular DNS server on the market, BIND, suffers from a new denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that's trivial to exploit. Watch today's episode to learn what to do. (Episode Runtime: 1:21) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsRs9Ll2-g EPISODE REFERENCES: BIND suffers from easy to exploit DoS flaw - SC Magazine Another good description of the … [Read more...]
NYT Tango Down – WSWiR Episode 75
.CN DDoS and DNS Hijacking Do you want to hear about the week's biggest InfoSec news, while learning a few security tips in the process? Well this is the weekly vlog for you. In today's video, I share a potential cause for China's recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, warn about a serious vulnerability in Cisco's ACS, and explain how a hacktivist group took down … [Read more...]
Blackhat 2013 – WSWiR Episode 72
Details on Femtocell hacking, Mactans, and SCADA Honeypots This is the week of the Blackhat and Defcon security conferences; two of the biggest security research conferences of the year. So rather than quickly summarize InfoSec news—like I do most weeks—I'll share details about three of my favorite talks from this year's Blackhat show (Defcon is going on now). Two of my … [Read more...]
Four Windows Updates Plug Seven Security Holes
Bulletins Affect RDP, DNS Server, Kernel-Mode Drivers, and More Severity: High Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of Windows and components that ship with it (One flaw also affects Small Business Server 2003) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including sending specially crafted packets to vulnerable computers Impact: Various … [Read more...]
