FREE MOBILE RECHARGE | For latest useful tricks visit Here!

BIGGEST CYBER ATTACK CAUSING SLOWING DOWN OF INTERNET


The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history.
A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks affecting the wider internet.
It is having an impact on popular services like Netflix - and experts worry it could escalate to affect banking and email systems.
Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the attacks.
Spamhaus, a group based in both London and Geneva, is a non-profit organisation which aims to help email providers filter out spam and other unwanted content.
To do this, the group maintains a number of blocklists - a database of servers known to be being used for malicious purposes.
Recently, Spamhaus blocked servers maintained by Cyberbunker, a Dutch web host which states it will host anything with the exception of child pornography or terrorism-related material.
Sven Olaf Kamphuis, who claims to be a spokesman for Cyberbunker, said, in a message, that Spamhaus was abusing its position, and should not be allowed to decide "what goes and does not go on the internet".
Spamhaus has alleged that Cyberbunker, in cooperation with "criminal gangs" from Eastern Europe and Russia, is behind the attack.
Cyberbunker has not responded to the BBC's request for comment.
'Immense job' Steve Linford, chief executive for Spamhaus, told the BBC the scale of the attack was unprecedented.
"We've been under this cyber-attack for well over a week.

'Decapitating the internet'

Internet browser address bar
Writing exactly one year ago for the BBC, Prof Alan Woodward predicted the inherent weaknesses in the web's domain name system.
He wrote: "It is essentially the phone book for the internet. If you could prevent access to the phone book then you would effectively render the web useless."

"But we're up - they haven't been able to knock us down. Our engineers are doing an immense job in keeping it up - this sort of attack would take down pretty much anything else."
Mr Linford told the BBC that the attack was being investigated by five different national cyber-police-forces around the world.
He claimed he was unable to disclose more details because the forces were concerned that they too may suffer attacks on their own infrastructure.
The attackers have used a tactic known as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), which floods the intended target with large amounts of traffic in an attempt to render it unreachable.
In this case, Spamhaus's Domain Name System (DNS) servers were targeted - the infrastructure that joins domain names, such as bbc.co.uk, the website's numerical internet protocol address.
Mr Linford said the attack's power would be strong enough to take down government internet infrastructure.
"If you aimed this at Downing Street they would be down instantly," he said. "They would be completely off the internet."
He added: "These attacks are peaking at 300 gb/s (gigabits per second).
"Normally when there are attacks against major banks, we're talking about 50 gb/s."
Clogged-up motorway The knock-on effect is hurting internet services globally, said Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Surrey.
"If you imagine it as a motorway, attacks try and put enough traffic on there to clog up the on and off ramps," he told the BBC.
"With this attack, there's so much traffic it's clogging up the motorway itself."
Arbor Networks, a firm which specialises in protecting against DDoS attacks, also said it was the biggest such attack they had seen.
"The largest DDoS attack that we have witnessed prior to this was in 2010, which was 100 gb/s. Obviously the jump from 100 to 300 is pretty massive," said Dan Holden, the company's director of security research.
"There's certainly possibility for some collateral damage to other services along the way, depending on what that infrastructure looks like."
Spamhaus said it was able to cope as it has highly distributed infrastructure in a number of countries.
The group is supported by many of the world's largest internet companies who rely on it to filter unwanted material.
Mr Linford told the BBC that several companies, such as Google, had made their resources available to help "absorb all of this traffic".
The attacks typically happened in intermittent bursts of high activity.
"They are targeting every part of the internet infrastructure that they feel can be brought down," Mr Linford said.
"Spamhaus has more than 80 servers around the world. We've built the biggest DNS server around."
Source-BBC

SHARE THIS POST   

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Myspace
  • Google Buzz
  • Reddit
  • Stumnleupon
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • Technorati
Author: Anonymous

22 comments:

  1. If you are trying to raise money for your first real estate investment,
    then start looking in the area you want to be, and get a feel for the prices.

    Winning the game of business and tax savings is not about
    beating or outsmarting the IRS. After spending $1,000's on courses and seminars that did not work (and were nothing more than sales pitches for more product,
    he finally decided enough was enough and release his own Hype free Probate
    real estate investing course and software to help people succeed.



    my page: golden

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download Now

      >>>>> Download Full

      Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download LINK

      >>>>> Download Now

      Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download Full

      >>>>> Download LINK yy

      Delete
  2. Hi All!

    We are selling fresh & genuine SSN Leads, with good connectivity. All data is tested & verified.
    Headers in Leads:

    First Name | Last Name | SSN | Dob | Address | State | City | Zip | Phone Number | Account Number | Bank Name | DL Number | Routing Number | IP Address | Reference | Email | Rental/Owner |

    *You can ask for sample before any deal
    *Each lead will be cost $1
    *Premium Lead will be cost $5
    *If anyone wants in bulk I will negotiate
    *Sampling is just for serious buyers

    Hope for the long term deal
    For detailed information please contact me on:

    Whatsapp > +923172721122
    email > leads.sellers1212@gmail.com
    telegram > @leadsupplier
    ICQ > 752822040

    ReplyDelete
  3. Selling USA FRESH SSN Leads/Fullz, along with Driving License/ID Number with good connectivity.

    **PRICE FOR ONE LEAD/FULLZ 2$**

    All Leads are Tested & Verified.
    Fresh spammed data.
    Good credit Scores, 650+ minimum scores.

    **DETAILS IN LEADS/FULLZ**

    ->FULL NAME
    ->SSN
    ->DATE OF BIRTH
    ->DRIVING LICENSE NUMBER
    ->ADDRESS WITH ZIP
    ->PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL
    ->EMPLOYEE DETAILS

    ->Bulk order negotiable
    ->Minimum buy 25 to 30 leads/fullz
    ->Hope for the long term business
    ->You can asked for specific states too

    **Contact 24/7**

    Email > leads.sellers1212@gmail.com

    Telegram > @leadsupplier

    ICQ > 752822040

    ReplyDelete
  4. Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download Now

    >>>>> Download Full

    Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download LINK

    >>>>> Download Now

    Biggest Cyber Attack Causing Slowing Down Of Internet >>>>> Download Full

    >>>>> Download LINK

    ReplyDelete