Abstract: Lately, network security is considered to be one of the most critical issues for both companies and private persons. Sony Pictures Entertainment hack which first happened on November 24, 2014 is still fresh in our memories. The hackers stole the data of Sony Pictures employees, which included their personal information, such as family structures, e-mails, information about salaries and copies of unreleased films. Data protection is already reached status of our lifeline, and get to know about the criminal technique will reduce risk of exposing our life to danger. This paper is focusing on DoS attack, which is mainly aiming for paralyzing the function of web sites and its alteration. It is also one of the most common techniques for cyber attacking. This paper attempts to analyze the variety of DoS attacks and its countermeasures.
Keywords: DoS attacks; TCP SYN flooding attack
Title: Threat of Cyber Attack and Network Security DoS Attack Analysis and New Preventing Method
Author: Takamasa Nakayama, Tarik Eltaeib
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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