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Exaggerating Timing Attack Results Via GET Flooding

2007-12-10 04:04:33 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...flooding this evening. Normally we only think of GET requests as a binary thing - one at a time or flooding. But what if we only launched enough GET requests with the intention of impacting server load, not bandwidth latency. So picking the right URL would be critical here (DB impacts, most likely When you found the right URL, launching a GET...
 
Tags: server load, server, requests, practical applications, time, bandwidth latency, url, times versus, difference
 
 
 
 
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Encryption Presentation - .NET Developers Group - NYC Microsoft Offices - June 21st

2007-04-02 06:46:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...flood of online code snippets for encrypting data. While they are all fairly easy to use, they dont explain what they do and often developers think their data is more secure than it actually is During the presentation, well quickly cover some high level encryption basics (asymmetric, symmetric, and one way hashes), but will spend most of our...
 
Tags: encryption, presentation, level encryption basics, similar presentation, net developers, developers, symmetric, symmetric algorithm, symmetric encryption
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...flooding attack tools, represent today's greatly overhyped threat possed by the cyber jihadists whose cheap PSYOPS dominate, given the lack of strategical thinking, and the lack of sustainable communication channels between them, ruined all of their Electronic Jihad campaigns so far. Religious fundamentalism by itself evolves into religious...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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Process Doubling

2008-01-27 22:44:57 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...flood protection. They wait for a full TCP state to be initiated before they connect to the web server behind them (similar to a proxy server actually Heres where some programming skill could come into play. Why not re-program a web-server to also listen as if it were an IRC server or telnet or something else for back and forth real-time...
 
Tags: web server, fairly complex set, set, fairly straight forward, egress, fairly easy, fairly common occurrence, easy, firewall egress
 
 
 
 
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Gartner raises iPhone rating based on 2.0 software

2008-03-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Gartner raised its assessment of the iPhone 2.0 and warned IT managers to expect a flood of support requests from iPhone users -- especially requests to enable access to Exchange e-mail
 
Tags: iphone, requests, support requests, iphone users, exchange e-mail, gartner, enable access, assessment, flood
 
 
 
 
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DDoS Packets are Two Percent of Net Traffic, Report Says

2008-04-02 18:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Internet flood attack traffic accounts for two percent of the net's traffic, according to a recent study by a security firm. That's more than email, but does it mean the net is at risk
 
Tags: net, traffic, security firm, percent, recent study, email, risk
 
 
 
 
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When typos attack

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...flood users with unwanted email Since drive-by Trojans and other nasty web attacks don't need user interaction anymore, it's all the more important to make sure your devices are configured securely. Right, that's Step 2 in Security Mike's Guide . Step 3 focuses on securely configuring your browser Over the next week or so, when Step 4 goes...
 
Tags: nasty web attacks, web, type pretty fast, pretty, web site, email, step, innocent typos, security
 
 
 
 
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Romanian Script Kiddies and the Screensavers Botnet

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2008-04-08 03:48:40 by HASH0x8ae5de0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Flood; Backdoor.IRC.Zapchast File size: 735139 bytes MD5 ...: 015e5826084f2302b4b2c3237a62e244 SHA1 ..: 7d05949f6dfffdc58033c9d8b86210a9bd34897c Sample traffic output NICK Mq2kC01 USER las "" "pic.kauko.lt" :Px7aW6 USER las "" "Helsinki.FI.EU.Undernet.org" :Px7aW6 USERHOST Mq2kC01 NICK :Rk1zK50 AWAY :Eu te scuip in cap si'n gura, tu ma pupi...
 
Tags: botnet, botnet masters, script kiddies, romanian script kiddies, botnet courtesy, ny2fw15, alternative botnet, irc, irc bot
 
 
 
 
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Phishing Emails Generating Botnet Scaling

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2008-04-18 14:57:30 by HASH0x8aef3f0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...flood of fake Windows updates , phishing emails targeting the usual diverse set of brands, fake yahoo greeting cards , and most recently delivering "executable news items", through Backdoor.Agent.AJU malware infected hosts Within the first five minutes, thirty three (33) phishing emails attempted to be delivered out of a sample infected...
 
Tags: bank, bank digital, ns1, bank bankline, ns2, bank internet, malware, malware variants signal, botnet