Mitt första möte med cyberbrottslighetens värld inträffade genom en watering hole-attackkampanj för många år sedan. I visited a Persian website and discovered that it was downloading malware onto visitors’ browsers. I promptly contacted the site administrator, who informed me that they had no technical knowledge of the issue. It became apparent that…
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I have heard this many times over the course of the last several years: someone is experiencing a heavy DDoS attack on their website. When I ask them what type of attack they are experiencing, the answer is usually that the bad guys are sending them thousands or even millions of POST requests. When I…
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DDoS (distribuerad överbelastningstjänst) och DoS (avslag på service) attacker kan i stort delas in i tre kategorier baserat på de OSI-lager de riktar sig mot: nätverkslager (Lager 3), transportlager (Lager 4), och applikationslager (Lager 7). Lager 3 och Lager 4 attacker är vanligtvis mindre komplexa–even though that they might…
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