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New DDoS attacks misuse NetBIOS name server, RPC portmap, and Sentinel licensing servers

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Oct

2015

Akamai has observed three new reflection DDoS attacks in recent months: NetBIOS name server reflection, RPC portmap reflection, and Sentinel reflection. In a reflection DDoS attack, also called a DrDoS attack, there are three types of participants: the attacker, victim servers that act as unwitting accomplices, and the attacker’s target. The attacker sends a simple […]

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A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks at more than 150Gbps

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Sep

2015

A #linux botnet has grown so powerful that it can generate crippling distributed denial-of-service #attacks at over 150 Gbps, many times greater than a typical company’s infrastructure can withstand. The #malware behind the botnet is known as #xor #ddos and was first identified in September last year. Attackers install it on Linux systems, including embedded […]

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DDoS attacks: a perfect smoke screen for APTs and silent data breaches

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Sep

2015

At the beginning of the year, Forbes mentioned a trend of growing #ddos #attacks all over the world. During this year, many security companies have announced a significant increase of DDoS attacks, highlighting growth of their diversity, complexity and quantity. The main resources, usually targeted by the attackers, are web applications or websites. A recent […]

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