Spamhaus Targeted in "Largest DDoS Attack Ever"

March 27 & 28, 2013

Since the middle of March, anti-spam organization Spamhaus has found its systems under what is being called the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Most DDoS attacks generate traffic volumes of between four Gbps and 10 Gbps. At its peak, the attack on Spamhaus generated traffic at 300 Gbps. The attack is believed to have slowed Internet traffic in Europe. The hackers took advantage of misconfigured Domain Name System (DNS) servers to amplify the power of the attack.


Read more at:
http://isc.sans.edu/diary/Where+Were+You+During+the+Great+DDoS+Cybergeddon+of+2013+/15496
http://www.scmagazine.com/alleged-fight-between-anti-spam-group-and-blacklisted-company-incites-massive-ddos/article/286348/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Large-scale-DNS-DDoS-attack-on-Spamhaus-1831807.html
http://www.eweek.com/security/largest-ever-ddos-campaign-demonstrates-danger-of-new-attack-method/
http://www.zdnet.com/the-largest-ddos-attack-didnt-break-the-internet-but-it-did-try-7000013225/
http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/attacks-breaches/240151862/misconfigured-open-dns-servers-used-in-record-breaking-ddos-attack.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/27/spamhaus_ddos_megaflood/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237951/Spamhaus_attacks_expose_huge_open_DNS_server_dangers?taxonomyId=17