A Ping of Death (PoD) is a DoS attack caused by an attacker sending oversized or malformed packets using a PING command to a targeted computer or service. A PING operates by sending ICMP echo request packets to the host and waiting for an Internet … [Read more...] about What is a Ping of Death?
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What is a Ping Flood?
A Ping Flood is an evolved variant of an ICMP Flood in which attackers use PING, a variant ICMP to send highly-spoofed PING (ICMP) echo requests at a high rate and from large range of random source IPs, or as if they are the IP address of the … [Read more...] about What is a Ping Flood?
What is an ICMP Flood?
An ICMP Flood involves an attacker sending fraudulent ICMP packets at volumes significant enough to flood a network. The unexpected volume of the incoming spoofed ICMP packets from a large set of source IP overwhelms the victim’s network, consuming … [Read more...] about What is an ICMP Flood?
A Brief Timeline of DDoS Attacks
The primary threat to Internet services is the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS attacks have evolved over the last twenty years from a nuisance to a serious risk to governments and corporation continuity. They have also gone from … [Read more...] about A Brief Timeline of DDoS Attacks