Tsunami SYN-Flood DDoS Attack, a dangerous trend

  • 12 October 2014
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By Pierluigi Paganini on October 12th, 2014
 

Experts at Radware DDoS protection solution provider recently have discovered a new form of DDoS attack they dubbed “Tsunami SYN Flood Attack.”

Radware DDoS protection solution provider recently discovered a new category of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, according the experts of the company it is a type of SYN flood dubbed “Tsunami SYN Flood Attack.”
In just 48-hour period the experts of the Radware’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) observed two high-volume attacks targeting in two different continents.
The Tsunami SYN-Flood Attack hit an ISP provider and a data center for a gaming company and as explained by the researchers the attacks experienced peeks 4-5 Gbps in attack traffic.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Based on this article ISP need to be vigilant on the serge of traffic flowing in this type of attack is going to increase.

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