Scott Granneman, 2004-12-13
Online extortion is quietly affecting thousands of businesses, for a very simple reason: it works. The big question then becomes, how will you and your company decide to respond?
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Online Extortion Works
2004-12-13
Trey Keifer - trey.keifer@fishnetsecurity.com (3 replies)
Trey Keifer - trey.keifer@fishnetsecurity.com (3 replies)
Online Extortion Works
2004-12-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
Survey says ........ buzzzzzzzzz WORONG!
Unless you take your website down, it is vulnerable to DDoS attacks.
When 10,000 hosts constantly request your home page, how do you differentiate legitimate requests from this type of attack?
Sure you can close up known holes in networks and servers, ho...
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Unless you take your website down, it is vulnerable to DDoS attacks.
When 10,000 hosts constantly request your home page, how do you differentiate legitimate requests from this type of attack?
Sure you can close up known holes in networks and servers, ho...
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Online Extortion Works
2004-12-14
Todd Knarr
Todd Knarr
Well, if I got one of those extortion messages, I'd promptly forward it to the security guys at my company, with copies to my immediate manager and HR. If blackmailer tries to make good on the threat and actually succeeds, the company's unlikely to be able to legally do anything to me unless they ca...
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Online Extortion Works
2004-12-14
Anonymous
Anonymous
There is not really much you can do about a DDoS attack. If your network is being flooded, your firewalls and IDS's and all the other kit your consultants put in for you are not going to do anything.
It boils down to being able to block the traffic as close to the source as possible, and in the w...
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It boils down to being able to block the traffic as close to the source as possible, and in the w...
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Online Extortion Works
2004-12-15
Anonymous
Anonymous
One way to possibly reduce the damage is to "cut-off" the traffic coming from the more lawless regions of the globe.
A few years ago, we noticed that about 70% of scans, intrusion attempts, worms, etc. came from asian, east european and african IP ranges. So we configured our firewall to drop any...
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A few years ago, we noticed that about 70% of scans, intrusion attempts, worms, etc. came from asian, east european and african IP ranges. So we configured our firewall to drop any...
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What about the source of the problem?
2004-12-16
Zaferus
Zaferus
Take a step back and look at how these attacks are perpetrated. Many DDOS attacks use unpatched routers and completely fixable exploits.
And yet the large Internet backbone companies that have this exploitable equipment maintain that it is not "cost effective" to patch themselves.
And good ...
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And yet the large Internet backbone companies that have this exploitable equipment maintain that it is not "cost effective" to patch themselves.
And good ...
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