Following the recent DoS attack on the US-based Computer Emergency Response Team, experts warn that there is no defence -- and the problem can only get worse. For security experts, the CERT attack and a similar series of May attacks of . . .
Following the recent DoS attack on the US-based Computer Emergency Response Team, experts warn that there is no defence -- and the problem can only get worse. For security experts, the CERT attack and a similar series of May attacks of the main White House Web site, Whitehouse.gov, underscore the Net's lack of preparedness for handling what could become a catastrophe. Thousands of attacks happen each week. Savage co-authored a paper published last week that found that at least 4,000 denial-of-service attacks happen each week. The potential damage from such attacks rises as increasingly critical services are being put online.

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