I'm not sure about the technology involved here, but is it possible that these DoS attacks are being done for another purpose besides denial of service? Is it possible that crackers are using the DoS attacks to cover other, simultaneous, attempts to further crack into these systems? Or possibly trying to see how these companies react to the attacks and see if they accidentally open up any security holes as they run from the DoS?
I've tried this host file thing and everytime I come to a page with a doubleclick banner, my IE gives me a "couldn't find page" page, instead of just ignoring the ad. Does this method not work on IE? Or is it possible my office network that is doing the messin?
After I read this article on CNet I immediately thought of William Gibson's DatAmerica, which shows up in Virtual Light, Idoru, and I believe his latest incarnation. Anyone else seeing this connection?
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I'm not sure about the technology involved here, but is it possible that these DoS attacks are being done for another purpose besides denial of service? Is it possible that crackers are using the DoS attacks to cover other, simultaneous, attempts to further crack into these systems? Or possibly trying to see how these companies react to the attacks and see if they accidentally open up any security holes as they run from the DoS?
I've tried this host file thing and everytime I come to a page with a doubleclick banner, my IE gives me a "couldn't find page" page, instead of just ignoring the ad. Does this method not work on IE? Or is it possible my office network that is doing the messin?
After I read this article on CNet I immediately thought of William Gibson's DatAmerica, which shows up in Virtual Light, Idoru, and I believe his latest incarnation. Anyone else seeing this connection?