Edu.za is being used for massive DDoS traffic

[Bradley Prior]

Edu.za is being used for massive DDoS traffic

Domain Name System (DNS) servers on the edu.za domain are being exploited to launch massive distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), according to a new report from Nexus Guard.

Nexus Guard’s second-quarter Threat Report for 2019 stated that DNS amplification attacks have spiked more than 1,000% compared with Q2 2018. DNS amplification attacks accounted for 65% of DDoS attacks last quarter.

 

[LazyLion]

Is this what is hitting Cool Ideas?

 

[Sinbad]

Interesting

• Mobile devices also continued to contribute to DDoS attacks, which primarily originated from iOS mobile devices in addition to botnet-hijacked Windows machines.

fukk you, iSheep!

 

[Peon]

Is this what is hitting Cool Ideas?

It would appear so.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Excellent article, Jan.

 

[maumau]

.... but, but why? Unless they ask for ransom money.

 

[RonSwanson]

.... but, but why? Unless they ask for ransom money.

Although money has, over the years, become the chief motivator, there are many others. The 2019 Verizon DBIR is an authoritative source of information on this if you are interested, here are some pertinent graphics which may provide some answers:

Edit: Oops, Mybb doesn't handle svg graphics too well, so you'll have to view the report or download the .pdf.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Is this what is hitting Cool Ideas?

And Telkom. My LTE-A at home has become so unreliable my wife is using her phone. Failed DNS resolutions and intermittent timeouts all day long.

 

[r00igev@@r]

And Telkom. My LTE-A at home has become so unreliable my wife is using her phone. Failed DNS resolutions and intermittent timeouts all day long.

Doesn't telkom use CGNAT on LTE?

 

[Yskasmetnstoof]

.... but, but why? Unless they ask for ransom money.

Why do students break things? Cause they want to reconstruct them in a better way?

 

[OCP]

And Telkom. My LTE-A at home has become so unreliable my wife is using her phone. Failed DNS resolutions and intermittent timeouts all day long.

I use a PiHole with OpenDNS IP's - have hardly been affected the last few weeks.
My girls play Minecraft + watch YT and Netflix; have not had a single complaint.

 

[pinball wizard]

.... but, but why? Unless they ask for ransom money.

For the lulz. That's still a huge part of ****ing with the internets.

 

[Willie Trombone]

I use a PiHole with OpenDNS IP's - have hardly been affected the last few weeks.
My girls play Minecraft + watch YT and Netflix; have not had a single complaint.

I ahve mine set to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8... still getting DNS resolution issues intermittently.