Internet Root Name Servers DDoS Attack

An unusual DDoS amplification attack was carried out 10 days ago against many of the Internet’s 13 root name servers, the authoritative servers used to resolve IP addresses. The attacks happened on Nov. 30 and again on Dec. 1, and each time, massive volumes of traffic, peaking at five million...

hypervkvpd security and bug fix update

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Open DNS Resolvers Center Stage in Massive DDoS Attacks

For some perspective on what 300 Gbps of traffic represents, let’s just pretend that your company, as a potential customer, put this massive volume of bits and bytes in front of 20 of the leading Internet service providers. Chances are, all but three or four will tell you “Thanks, but no thanks, ...