United state’s National institute of standards and technology said that moving from IPv4 to IPv6 will rise allot of security issues, NIST warns that attackers are preparing to hit networks when IPv6 is turned on with Zero days. The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, which handles assigning IP addresses to…
“Back door” IPv6 apps now visible to Blue Coat’s PacketShaper
Blue Coat Systems has updated its PacketShaper appliance software, adding a new ability to detect and monitor “shadow” or “back door” IPv6 traffic running secretly across company networks. The case for detecting IPv6 is under-discussed in Blue Coat’s view and includes a number of anxieties focused on compliance and security….
IPv6 networks targetted by DDoS attackers
Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. Even though 2011 was the first year when IPv6 DDoS attacks were recorded, such incidents remain rare because they…
#6 Scanning IPv6 – Top Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Nessus
The video below is part 6 in our series of the top ten things you didn’t know about Nessus and covers information related to IPv6 scanning using Nessus: Further Reading: Nessus – IPv6 Scanning View full post on Tenable Network Security View full post on National Cyber Security
Interest in IPv6 booms despite puny traffic levels
The importance of IPv6 could at last be getting through to ISPs and their business customers, a survey from the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) has found. The recent snapshot by the NRO (an organisation representing Internet registries) of 1,600 ISPs and businesses across the globe underlines that IPv6 is still…
Homenet group to set standards for IPv6 in home networking
The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes. “A collection of protocols needs to be agreed upon, so vendors of equipment used in home networks will have an interoperable suite…
