Respect and Equal Protection For Everyone

We are profoundly distressed by the racism, bigotry and violence committed against people of color in our society and by public institutions. Here at Akamai, we have no tolerance for discrimination. We value our diversity. It is a strength of our organization. And in a moment when many people are...

Denial of service

On MX Series, when the SIP ALG is enabled, receipt of a certain malformed SIP packet may crash the MS-PIC component on MS-MIC or MS-MPC. By continuously sending a crafted SIP packet, an attacker can repeatedly bring down MS-PIC on MS-MIC/MS-MPC causing a sustained Denial of Service. This issue...

Trend Micro Named A Leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms

Leadership. It’s a weighty term, although frequently it is used too lightly and all too often it’s a self-declared position. We believe, leaders can come and go, and leadership can be fleeting depending on the factors for long term success. It is for all these reasons, that we are proud, not only...

Critical Flaw in Cisco's Email Security Appliance Enables 'Permanent DoS'

Cisco has patched two serious vulnerabilities – one critical and one high-severity – in its email security appliance tool. Both bugs ultimately lead to a denial of service DoS on impacted devices – and can be exploited by an attacker who simply sends an email. Overall, the company on Wednesday...

UK Parliament Under “Sustained and Determined” Cyber Attack

By Waqas The computer systems of UK parliament has suffered a massive cyber attack forcing the staff to quit their operation. The reports about attacks came on Friday night. However, MPs Member of Parliament were locked out from their parliamentary email accounts on Saturday. Those familiar with...

Microsoft Extends Edge Bug Bounty Program Indefinitely

Microsoft said Wednesday it would no longer impose a time limit for its Edge bug bounty program. The Redmond, Wash. based company announced the Edge on Windows Insider Preview WIP program in August 2016 as a means to incentivize researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in the browser...

Extending the Microsoft Edge Bounty Program

Over the past ten months we have paid out over $200,000 USD in bounties. This collaboration with the research community has resulted in significant improvements in Edge security and has allowed us to offer more proactive security for our customers. Keeping in line with our philosophy of protectin...

Watchguard SOHO 2.2 - Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2082/info The SOHO 2.2 is a popular SOHO firewall by Watchguard Technologies Inc. A vulnerability exists in Watchguard SOHO 2.2 firewalls with firmware versions 2.2.1 and below that could allow a remote attacker to execut...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE Software for 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (cisco-sa-20131030-asr1000)

Cisco IOS XE Software for 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers ASR contains the following denial of service DoS vulnerabilities : - Cisco IOS XE Software TCP Segment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2013-5543 - Cisco IOS XE Software Malformed EoGRE Packet Denial of Service...

Al-Qaeda websites hacked and remains down for past 12 days

Al-Qaeda websites hacked and remains down for past 12 days Al-Qaeda's main internet forums have been offline for the past 12 days in the longest sustained outages of the sites since they began operating. Several online forums frequently visited by al-Qaeda operatives were downed over the course o...

Troubling Cracks Showing in Internet's Security Foundation

The revelation last week that researchers Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo had developed a new attack on SSL that gives them the ability to decrypt some protected sessions on the fly sparked a lot of discussions about the inherent problems of the protocol and whether it has outlived its usefulness. B...

Moonlight Maze

Starting in 1998, U.S. government officials began noticing a pattern of probes into various government networks, including the Pentagon, NASA, universities, research institutions and the Department of Energy. Evidently, hackers – believed to be located in Russia – had compromised these networks a...

Web sites disrupted by attack on Register.com

From Washington Post Brian Krebs Web site host and domain name registrar Register.com has been the target of a sustained attack this week washingtonpost.com, disrupting service for thousands of customers. The attacks began on Wednesday, causing a three-hour outage for many Web sites that rely on...