http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/ddos-attacks-variant-foreseen-in-2006-a-5240 By Tracy Kitten Bank Info Security October 29, 2012 No new distributed denial of service attacks against banks occurred during the week of Oct. 22. The hacktivist group claiming credit for the earlier string of attacks against 10 U.S. banks said it took the week off to observe an Islamic holiday. But additional attacks are expected, perhaps as soon as Oct. 30, if past patterns are an indicator. Meanwhile, one security vendor says it saw elements of these current DDoS attacks six years ago. In April 2006, VeriSign identified the then-new type of DDoS attack known as a domain-naming-system reflector attack. A DNS reflector attack overwhelms a site's Web server with spoofed DNS responses. The vendor even published a white paper about the variant, based on traffic patterns it observed at the time. "This wave of attacks is demonstrative of the continuing evolution of Internet security threats, both in terms of size and complexity," VeriSign wrote. "The purpose of calling attention to this increasing threat is to encourage organizations to begin taking the necessary steps to secure the Internet from this attack vector." [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Oct 30 2012 - 23:51:36 PDT
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