When a DoS attack targets a light wallet such as Electrum, it exploits the fact that users do not need to run their own nodes or connect directly to the Bitcoin network and, instead, connect to ...

Specialized attacks like sryan2k1 mentions, the ones I have seen be most effective are either designed to target certain network hardware or whatever, or to target web pages with crafted requests ...

A DoS attack floods a network with data, rendering it inaccessible to legitimate queries. The vulnerability in version 2.0.44 affects all operating systems, according to the advisory.

Microsoft Corp.'s main Web site was inaccessible for two hours Thursday evening, the victim of an Internet-borne DoS (denial of service) attack, the company said. The company is cooperating with ...

Healthcare.gov has been plagued with problems since launching on October 1, and given how widely reported its vulnerabilities are, it's should come as no surprise that hackers are tapping into ...

That is only ~45 kb/sec which makes this attack even more dangerous – a lone DSL user might DoS a big site. However, the TimeOut directive is still probably the best mitigation option.” ...

A DoS attack can be triggered if a hacker crafts a malicious TCP connection to a Telnet or reverse Telnet port of a Cisco device running IOS, according to a security advisory issued by Cisco, San ...

When a DoS attack targets a light wallet such as Electrum, it exploits the fact that users do not need to run their own nodes or connect directly to the Bitcoin network and, instead, connect to ...