Neowin News Feed for: Denial of service

Broadcom chip in iPhone, Ford Edge, others, vulnerable to attack

Christopher White — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:59:28 +0100

Security researchers at Core Security have identified a flaw in a Broadcom chip that allows malicious users to perform a denial of service attack on iPhones, iPads, and even some Ford vehicles. Read more...

Anonymous hater claims he launched Pirate Bay cyber attack

John Callaham — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:18:44 +0100

A person who claims to be a former member of the hacker group Anonymous has claimed he launched the denial of service attack on The Pirate Bay web site earlier this week. Read more...

The Pirate Bay calls Anonymous attacks censorship

John Callaham — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:02:00 +0100

The Pirate Bay website has posted word on its Facebook page that it considers denial of service attacks launched by groups like Anonymous to be just another form of censorship. Read more...

Anonymous attacks some UK government websites

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:02:54 +0100

The hacker group Anonymous launched several denial of service attacks against some UK government websites over the weekend as a protest against a proposed Internet monitoring law. Read more...

Denial-of-service glitch could threaten Windows

malebolgia — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:54:03 +0000

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Security researchers have published details of a denial-of-service vulnerability that could enable hackers to attack Microsoft Windows and spin computers into senseless processing loops. Posting to the SecurityFocus industry forum site late... Read more...