Cybersecurity firm Corero Network Security issued a year-end report, focused on Q2 and Q3 2017, showing that DDoS attacks had doubled over the six month period. Its researchers largely attributed this rapid growth to unsecured Internet of Things … [Read more...] about 2017 Trends in DDoS, According to Corero
DNS flood
What is a DNS Flood?
A DNS Flood is a type of DDoS attack in which DNS is employed as a variant of a UDP Flood. Spoofed DNS request packets are sent at a high packet rate and from a large volume of source IP addresses. The victim’s DNS servers believe that these are … [Read more...] about What is a DNS Flood?
What is a DNS Flood?
A DNS flood is a type of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in which an attacker targets specific Domain Name System (DNS) servers, aiming to overwhelm them with seemingly legitimate traffic, impeding the servers’ ability to allow valid … [Read more...] about What is a DNS Flood?