DDoS Attack Tools: A Visual Guide
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DDoS Attacks in Russia Added to Protests
2011, and now 2012, appear to be years of major populist protests regarding political processes around the world. Russia is no different. News reports of protests in the streets of Moscow have been...
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It’s not the end of the world: DarkComet misses by a mile
This blog post is the fourth installment in our ongoing series of articles exploring the crypto systems commonly found in various DDoS malware families. Previous subjects have included Armageddon,...
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DDoS attacks targeting traditional telecom systems
DDoS affects many types of systems. Some have used the term TDoS to refer to DDoS or DoS attacks on telecommunications systems (Telecommunications Denial of Service). This is just another application...
View ArticleLessons learned from the U.S. financial services DDoS attacks
By Dan Holden and Curt Wilson of Arbor’s Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) During the months of September and October we witnessed targeted and very serious DDoS attacks against U.S....
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DDoS Watch: Keeping an Eye on Aldi Bot
Background The intention of this entry is to profile some elements of the Aldi Bot in order to provide value for the security operations community and malware research community. Aldi Bot is a newer...
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The MegaUpload Shutdown Effect
The popular file sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the US FBI and Department of Justice on Thursday, January 19, and executives from the company were taken into custody. This story is very well...
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Attack of the Shuriken: Many Hands, Many Weapons
A visual sample of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS or DoS) attack tools & services compiled by Curt Wilson – Research Analyst, Arbor Networks ASERT There are a variety of popular Denial of...
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DDoS Attacks in Russia Added to Protests
2011, and now 2012, appear to be years of major populist protests regarding political processes around the world. Russia is no different. News reports of protests in the streets of Moscow have been...
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It’s not the end of the world: DarkComet misses by a mile
This blog post is the fourth installment in our ongoing series of articles exploring the crypto systems commonly found in various DDoS malware families. Previous subjects have included Armageddon,...
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DDoS attacks targeting traditional telecom systems
DDoS affects many types of systems. Some have used the term TDoS to refer to DDoS or DoS attacks on telecommunications systems (Telecommunications Denial of Service). This is just another application...
View ArticleLessons learned from the U.S. financial services DDoS attacks
By Dan Holden and Curt Wilson of Arbor’s Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) During the months of September and October we witnessed targeted and very serious DDoS attacks against U.S....
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Estonia, six years later
In April 2007, the Estonian government decided to relocate the Bronze Warrior, a Soviet World War II memorial located in Tallinn, as well as the remains of some Soviet WWII soldiers buried nearby. This...
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Healthcare.gov ‘DoS’ Tool
The roll out of the Healthcare.gov site in the United States has been met with a significant amount of news coverage. Reports have indicated that the site has been inaccessible to some people when...
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Healthcare.gov ‘DoS’ Tool
The roll out of the Healthcare.gov site in the United States has been met with a significant amount of news coverage. Reports have indicated that the site has been inaccessible to some people when...
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DDoS and Geopolitics – Attack analysis in the context of the Israeli-Hamas...
Since its inception, the ASERT team has been looking into politically motivated DDoS events [1] and continues to do so as the relationship between geopolitics and the threat landscape evolves [2]. In...
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DDoS Activity in the Context of Hong Kong’s Pro-democracy Movement
In early August, we examined data demonstrating a striking correlation between real-world and online conflict [1], which ASERT tracks on a continual basis [2-7]. Recent political unrest provides...
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North Korea Goes Offline
It was reported earlier today that North Korea was having Internet connectivity issues. Given recent events involving Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), these reports are of particular interest. The...
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DDoS Attacks in the Wake of French Anti-terror Demonstrations
On January 15th, France’s chief information systems defense official, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, announced a sharp rise in online attacks against French web sites: “Calling it an unprecedented surge,...
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