Tag Archives: Security

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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GoDaddy Goes Down

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Peder

A couple weeks ago, Web site hosting company GoDaddy.com was hit with a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that took down thousands of its customers’ Web sites for several hours. As CNET reports, this wasn’t the first time the … Continue reading →

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