Intelligent Detection and Mitigation of Carpet-Bombing DDoS Attacks in SDN Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Large Language Models

Software-Defined Networking SDN provides flexible and programmable network management; however, its centralized control architecture remains highly vulnerable to Distributed Denial-of-Service DDoS attacks, particularly Carpet-Bombing DDoS attacks that distribute malicious traffic across multiple...

Record 29.7 Tbps DDoS Attack Linked to AISURU Botnet with up to 4 Million Infected Hosts

Cloudflare on Wednesday said it detected and mitigated the largest ever distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack that measured at 29.7 terabits per second Tbps. The activity, the web infrastructure and security company said, originated from a DDoS botnet-for-hire known as AISURU, which has been...

Security Flaw in Mac Safari Remains Unfixed for Two Years, Experts Concerned

Two years after fixing a security bug in the Windows version of its Safari browser, Apple apparently has decided that Mac users can go without a fix. Apple was initially unimpressed by Nitesh Dhanjani’s work developing what’s known as a “carpet bomb” attack, the security researcher said in an...

Safari < 3.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Safari installed on the remote host reportedly is affected by several issues : - An out-of-bounds memory read while handling BMP and GIF images may lead to information disclosure CVE-2008-1573. - Safari will automatically launch executable files downloaded from a site if that site ...