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Anatomy of An Attack – DNS Amplification

February 9, 2017 | Adeline Zhang

Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO Overview DNS amplification attacks ramp up the power of a botnet when targeting a victim.  The basic technique of a DNS amplification attack is to spoof the IP of the intended target and send a request for a large DNS zone file to any number of open recursive DNS servers.  The […]