Spoofing packets: What is it, and why do people do it?
Spoofed packets allow senders to hide their source address. How do they work and why do they do it?
Tag: DDoS
How to detect IoT devices in a network
Guest Post: How can we identify and locate IoT devices in networks to mitigate exposure to large-scale attacks?
DDoS hide and seek: on the effectiveness of a booter service takedown
Guest Post: Study investigates booter-based DDoS attacks in the wild and the impact of an FBI takedown.
Identifying malicious IoT botnet activity using graph theory
Beating IoT botnets means spotting them first — graph theory research can help.
Down the black hole: Dismantling operational practices of BGP blackholing at IXPs
Guest Post: Study analyzes the efficiency of RTBH as a mitigation tool at one of the world’s largest IXPs.
DDoS tsunami: A Cambodian case study
Last year’s DDoS attacks on Cambodia’s ISPs have been a wake up call to the industry.
DDoS defences in the terabit era: Pre-deployed filters, future initiatives
Guest Post: Steinthor Bjarnason concludes a three-part series on DDoS attacks, focusing on blocking well-known attack vectors and using realtime monitoring.
DDoS defences in the terabit era: SSDP, memcached
Guest Post: Steinthor Bjarnason details SSDP and memcached DDoS attacks and how to mitigate them.
DDoS defences in the terabit era: Attack trends, carpet bombing
Guest Post: Steinthor Bjarnason discusses recent DDoS trends, and details carpet bombing attacks and how to mitigate them.
RIPE 77: DDoS defence, zombie routes, machine learning and more
Here are a few moments I’ve captured from the first two days of the RIPE 77 meeting happening this week.