p-smash DoS (ICMP 9 flood)
p-smash DoS (ICMP 9 flood) Vulnerability Severity p-smash DoS (ICMP 9 flood) 7.8 (High) Summary - It was possible to crash the remote machine by flooding it with ICMP type 9 packets. Vulnerability Detection Result - Vulnerability was detected according to the Vulnerability Detection Method. Impact - A cracker may use this attack to make […]
Denial-of-service attack takes down JP Morgan Chase sites
An posting from New Cnet about Chase web site being take down by DOS: The Web sites for banking giant JP Morgan Chase are offline this afternoon as the result of a distributed-denial-of-service attack, a representative told CNET. The site's usual banking tools and content were replaced this afternoon with a message that said: Our […]
Hacktivists plan to resume DDoS campaign against U.S. banks
An interesting article from SC Magazine about DDOS: Citing inadequate efforts to remove an anti-Muslim video from the web, a hacktivist group is calling for more distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to be launched against U.S. bank sites. The collective, known as Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, suspended its initial DDoS campaign in late January […]