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DDoS Larger Than the Spamhaus Attack Strikes US and Europe

Posted by Unknown on from the do-not-stare-directly-into-the-udp-packet dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "CloudFlare has been hit by what appears to be the world's largest denial of service attack, in an assault that exploits an emerging and frightening threat vector. The Network Time Protocol Reflection attack exploits a timing mechanism that underpins a way the Internet works to greatly amplify the power of what would otherwise be a small and ineffective assault. CloudFlare said the attack tipped 400Gbps, 100Gbps higher than the previous record DDoS attack which used DNS reflective amplification."

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  1. You get some funny looks by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you approach the business and say that a zombie network is DDossing the website with a Reflection attack, and that's why no-one can access the website.

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    1. Re:You get some funny looks by Shadyman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Zombie used Reflection! It's super-effective!

    2. Re:You get some funny looks by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 3, Funny

      Zombie used Reflection! It's super-effective!

      We can only be thankful that this method is not available to the Vampires...

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