SecurityRatty: tag: ddos

The DDoS Attack Against CNN.com

2008-04-22 19:30:53 by HASH0x8b2d1ec in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge

...DDoS attack against CNN.com, whether successful or not in terms of the perspective of complete knock-out, which didn't happen, is a perfect and perhaps the most recent example of a full scale people's information warfare in action . Utilizing the bandwidth of the over 200 million nationalism minded Chinese Internet users, can greatly outpace...

Tags: ddos, ddos-ing cnn, cnn, ddos people, warfare, information warfare attack, attack, ddos attack, chinese script kiddies

BlackEnergy DDoS Bot Web Based C&Cs

2008-02-12 18:46:35 by HASH0x8b1c6c4 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge

...DDoS bot , and prove it's the same situation. What's the BlackEnergy DDoS bot anyway BlackEnergy is an HTTP-based botnet used primarily for DDoS attacks. Unlike mostcommon bots, this bot does not communicate with the botnet master using IRC. Also, wedo not see any exploit activities from this bot, unlike a traditional IRC bot. This is a...

Tags: ddos, bot, blackenergy ddos bot, blackenergy, ddos extortion, ddos attacks, traditional irc bot, irc, botnet master

Mutually Assured DDoS

2008-05-17 03:28:00 by Richard Bejtlich in TaoSecurity

...DDoS traffic from recycled PCs? Do you think QoS is supposed to take care of this problem After that, the Air Force could add botnet code to all its desktop computers attached to the Nonsecret Internet Protocol Network (NIPRNet). Once the system reaches a level of maturity, it can add other .mil computers, then .gov machines To generate the...

Tags: mil, mil botnet, ddos, mil computers, ddos traffic, computers, botnet, desktop computers, latent botnet

Loads.cc's DDoS for Hire Service

2008-03-11 21:35:53 by HASH0x8b581c0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge

...ddos-ing ", and a featured ad in between loads.cc's old interface is pitching the new service - contextual advertising consultations, as you can see in the attached screenshot. Apparently, a little more in-depth research acts as public pressure, especially when they're lazy enough to have a great deal of malware variants "phone back home" to...

Tags: ddos, service, malware, services, hire services, web based malware, undercover ddos, loads, country

Custom DDoS Attacks Within Popular Malware Diversifying

2008-05-12 04:42:01 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge

...DDoS attack capabilities built within , as well as with a nasty bandwidth allocation and measurement option introduced within. In case you remember, this was the very same malware tool I used as an example of how open source malware is prone to extend its lifecycle , and enjoy unique functionalities added on behalf of third-party contributors...

Tags: malware, ddos attacks, attacks, diy malware, ddos attacks simply, favorite malware tools, malware authors, source malware, malware tool

Botnets, Fastflux and DDoS in D.C.

2007-08-25 12:10:00 by Editor in Cheap Hack

...DDoS and botnets. It's not a conference for pushing your products or schmoozing. The idea is to talk about real ways to fight high-level malicious activity on the Internet. The press, unfortunately, is not welcome at these events (BOOOO!!!!), but I'm sure I'll squeeze some stories out of participants afterwards

Tags: security events, events, security, internet security operations, internet, aed conference center, conference, exploit prevention labs, roger thompson

Blue Box #69: Linksys SPA-941 vulnerability, SIP DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener commen

2007-10-27 14:33:08 by HASH0x89c84bc in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast

...DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #69, a 46-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show here (MP3, 21MB) or subscribe to the RSS feed to download...

Tags: listener comment line, comment line, comments, listener comments, asterisk security roadmap, voip security news, comment, asterisk, linksys spa