Anatomy of an attack – DNS amplification
dezembro 14, 2015
Track: Technical
Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO, NSFOCUS
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 DNS servers blindly respond to the request, sending the large DNS zone response to the attack target. (mais…)
Modern DDoS attacks: When Moore’s law meets Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
dezembro 4, 2015
Author: Dave Martin, Director of Product Marketing, NSFOCUS
What would happen if you combined Moore’s law with Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and applied them to DDoS attacks? Unfortunately, modern DDoS attacks seem to embody this idea perfectly as both the frequency and complexity of these attacks have become truly staggering in just a short amount of time.
