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iDEFENSE should sell the hallucinogens they're in clear possession/consumption of rather than the keystrokes they type while peaking. reckon the profit margin would be much higher f%^&ng ridiculous. the `i' must stand for imaginary >From: Jerry Irvine <[email protected]> >To: >Subject: iDEFENSE iALERT: AboveNet Update, Evolved DDoS Tool Used >Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:18:43 -0400 >Importance: high >X-Priority: 1 > >Evolved Version of DDoS Tool Poses Significant New Threat to Business >Operations > >iDEFENSE Intelligence Services >April 26, 2000 >5:10 pm (EST) > >iDEFENSE believes that the behavior of the attack against AboveNet is an >example of the logical progression of distributed denial of service tools. >The devastating potential of this evolved tool was demonstrated during >Tuesday's attack against AboveNet which took down one of the world's leading >ISPs, for five hours, affecting companies such as eBay and Everyone.net. >AboveNet also hosts sites for AOL and numerous other high profile companies. >The extent of the disruption against these sites is not clear at this point. > >The evolved tool can attack with a speed and viciousness not even seen >during the attacks in early Feb. It appears to have a significantly enhanced >ability to communicate with an army of drones which can then in turn talk to >other drones at a significantly greater speed than what could be done by >other DDoS tools earlier in the year. These older tools operated by sending >one command from a master out to numerous zombies, the evolved version >allows the attack to reach critical mass instantaneously and may prove >significantly more difficult for investigators to identify the suspect. > >In light of this new development, companies need to immediately review their >incident response procedures in order to make sure they are adequate to >manage this threat. Having redundancies and multi-homing built into their >systems are key to minimizing the impact of an attack such as this. > >While the motive for the attack is unclear at this point, the potential for >future strikes in the coming weeks against AboveNet and/or other major ISPs >and Web sites cannot be ruled out. > >------------+------------------------+--------- > >iALERT delivers daily monitoring and analysis of cyberthreats, >vulnerabilities, and incidents to iDEFENSE's clients. > >This e-mail is delivered to journalists covering the information security >field. > >For more information or comment please contact Jerry Irvine at 703.898.8283 ><mailto:[email protected]> > >------------+------------------------+--------- > >iDEFENSE - The Power of Intelligence > >Visit the iDEFENSE Web site for additional information: ><http://www.idefense.com> > >Copyright 2000 Infrastructure Defense Inc. (iDEFENSE)
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