A new denial-of-service attack dubbed 'Loop DoS' targeting application layer protocols can pair network services into an indefinite communication loop that creates large volumes of traffic.

The canonical example of an attack that goes after TCP/IP implementation weaknesses is the Ping of Death attack. In this exploit, your enemy creates an IP packet that exceeds the IP standard's ...

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.

Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Recently I wrote a piece on how to detect and stop a DoS attack on Linux. DoS stands for denial of service, which is a very common attack on servers that can render ...

Basically, it performs a denial of service (DoS) attack on iPhones. ZDNET has tested this and can confirm that it can lock up an iPhone running the latest iOS 17.0.3.

Then, around 7:49 a.m. PT, the company posted, "We are defending against a denial-of-service attack and will update status again shortly." Around 8:15 a.m., the status blog post was updated with ...

Image: sarayut_sy/Adobe Stock Denial-of-service attacks are a pernicious problem for any company with a presence on the web. A DoS attack floods an external-facing web service with traffic, so the ...

A sudden spike in Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees and unconfirmed transactions sparked concern on Crypto Twitter over the weekend of a potential Denial of Service (DoS) “attack” on the network ...