Monthly Archives: February 2009

DDoS Attacks Aimed at Security Sites?

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Peder

As Kelly Jackson Higgins at Dark Reading reported yesterday, white-hat security Web sites Metasploit, Packet Storm, Milw0rm and Immunity have been hit with a wave of DDoS attacks since late last week.  The attack against Metasploit were comprised of botnets … Continue reading →

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Security issues with DNS

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Peder

Recent press is brewing up more concerns about security issues with DNS .  This time it pertains to DNS being a possible tool to amplify Denial of Service attacks as an attacker can send a spoofed DNS request that becomes … Continue reading →

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