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New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer

Posted by kdawson on from the fighting-a-resource-war-with-an-unfair-advantage dept.

ancientribe writes "Hacker RSnake blogs about a newly discovered and deadly denial-of-service attack that could well be the next big threat to the Internet as a whole. It goes after a broadband Internet connection and KOs machines on the other end such that they stay offline even after the attack is over. It spans various systems, too: the pair of Swedish researchers who found it have already contacted firewall, operating system, and Web-enabled device vendors whose products are vulnerable to this attack." Listen to the interview (MP3) — English starts a few minutes in — and you might find yourself convinced that we have a problem. The researchers claim that they have been able to take down every system with a TCP/IP stack that they have attempted; and they know of no fix or workaround.

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  1. This virii is NOT NEW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    UM i really hate to say this
    BUT THIS IS NOT NEW
    A design was made over 8 years ago like this except it actually had a few extra features this one apparently does not have.

    CHRoNoÂÂ
    United Hackers Association

  2. So we need a BAILOUT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously, if you can't see the parallel you're too stupid to breed.

    This morning's news is the best yet: An amazingly small number of representatives are actually trying to represent their constituencies (who do not support any bailout whatsoever by a 10-to-1 margin) and the Dempuglican leadership thinks they can make them change their minds BY ADDING A TAX CUT to the bailout!!! Buwahahahaha! Send Evil Kirk to the bridge, we're in an alternate universe!

    Bringing it back around, how many people have now enabled vulnerability to SYN flooding based on this news? I see by the posts here that we've got a little irrational panic going on already.

    People, if you aren't being attacked by this *new* exploit, you might want to avoid opening yourself up to dozens of *old* exploits out of cowardice. Just watch your damn firewalls and stay calm.

  3. What by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't see you sig, so it doesn't answer shit....