DDoS Attacks: Variant Foreseen in 2006

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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."

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