Hundreds of popular websites were taken offline for hours on Friday after a critical internet point was hit by multiple cyber attacks.
Hackers brought sites including Twitter, eBay and the Telegraph offline for millions of users after targeting Dyn, a New Hampshire-based company that is responsible for routing internet traffic.
The attacks created blackouts for millions of internet users. Nobody claimed responsibility but experts said they were simple enough to have been carried out by an individual teenager. There was no evidence that any personal data of internet users had been stolen or that individuals' security had been compromised.
I could not access overclock.net today around 12:00PM EST. A quick check on "is it down" confirmed the situation. Now the website is up and running again.
I could not access overclock.net today around 12:00PM EST. A quick check on "is it down" confirmed the situation. Now the website is up and running again.
Its difficult to touch this without going into speculation, seeing that there's very little evidence aside from the attack itself. No names of perps, no pattern, no motive, nothing. Could be political (murica election is soon, might be a dry run), could be something else entirely. Looking at the affected areas, they're mostly concentrated to the US east coast.
I hope you read the article, these attacks are very easy to launch, anyone can do it, and its hard to mitigate it. The "internet of things", i.e, the explosion of internet connected devices (like smart televisions, thermostats)which are poorly secured, are vulnerable to people taking control of them, making it easier to launch DDoS attacks.
Literally just was able to get to OCN now.. Haven't been able to access it since the launch of this attack much earlier today.
Not to go off topic, but things like this are exactly why SD cards, and other forms of local storage are a much better idea than relying on anything 'cloud' based. Let alone streaming services, etc.
Literally just was able to get to OCN now.. Haven't been able to access it since the launch of this attack much earlier today.
Not to go off topic, but things like this are exactly why SD cards, and other forms of local storage are a much better idea than relying on anything 'cloud' based. Let alone streaming services, etc.
They don't suck at security, its more of the computer equivalent of pouring glue in locks. You can design things to be more resilient to these attacks but in the end the only way to prevent the attack is have more bandwidth than the attacker (eg: have more locks than the attacker has glue)
I could not access overclock.net today around 12:00PM EST. A quick check on "is it down" confirmed the situation. Now the website is up and running again.
Switch over to 8.8.4.4 (Google DNS-2) and you won't be affected by this DDOS attack. And the benefit is that that DNS server is generally one of the fastest to begin with.
Switch over to 8.8.4.4 (Google DNS-2) and you won't be affected by this DDOS attack. And the benefit is that that DNS server is generally one of the fastest to begin with.
Literally just was able to get to OCN now.. Haven't been able to access it since the launch of this attack much earlier today.
Not to go off topic, but things like this are exactly why SD cards, and other forms of local storage are a much better idea than relying on anything 'cloud' based. Let alone streaming services, etc.
Cloud based storage isn't the problem, its a bunch of unsecured internet connected devices. For example, a cat feeder that you can log in via your phone and check if your cat ate lunch. Devices like this typically have almost no security, and they are getting more and more popular- all while having a wireless G connection capable of adding 50mbps (or a little less if your internet connection isn't that fast) to a DDOS attack when easily hacked. Take the millions of these sorts of devices around now, and you get some very easy to pull off, large scale DDOS abilities.
Cloud based storage isn't the problem, its a bunch of unsecured internet connected devices. For example, a cat feeder that you can log in via your phone and check if your cat ate lunch. Devices like this typically have almost no security, and they are getting more and more popular- all while having a wireless G connection capable of adding 50mbps (or a little less if your internet connection isn't that fast) to a DDOS attack when easily hacked. Take the millions of these sorts of devices around now, and you get some very easy to pull off, large scale DDOS abilities.
While you have a point, attempts at fixing the cause is not the solution in this case. Security can only go so far as it will continue to be a game of cat and mouse. Even more devices from this point forward are going to continue to get the 'smart' treatment. Local storage will never be affected by any sort of network based issue. Whether it be server maintenance or a DDOS.
Switch over to 8.8.4.4 (Google DNS-2) and you won't be affected by this DDOS attack. And the benefit is that that DNS server is generally one of the fastest to begin with.
I use that DNS for my Ps4 and was still not able to get any connection. Most likely due to issues with Sony. I live in California and OCN access has been down until about 30 mins ago for me.
I'm in Inverness, Scotland at the mo, been online via Orange Mobile internet (EE took them over and T-mobile in the UK) and I've had spotty access to here and twitter. Lots of DNS resolution problems. EE seem to route through Bristol in the UK, but no idea who they use as a landline carrier. Anyway, the effects have reached outside of the US.
I'm in Inverness, Scotland at the mo, been online via Orange Mobile internet (EE took them over and T-mobile in the UK) and I've had spotty access to here and twitter. Lots of DNS resolution problems. EE seem to route through Bristol in the UK, but no idea who they use as a landline carrier. Anyway, the effects have reached outside of the US.
That would be because secondary DNS servers, the smaller one, take their data from these primary DNS servers. So an outage on a primary means a load of secondary DNS server will not have the data they normally pull from the affected primary dns server.
I'm in Inverness, Scotland at the mo, been online via Orange Mobile internet (EE took them over and T-mobile in the UK) and I've had spotty access to here and twitter. Lots of DNS resolution problems. EE seem to route through Bristol in the UK, but no idea who they use as a landline carrier. Anyway, the effects have reached outside of the US.
That would be because secondary DNS servers, the smaller one, take their data from these primary DNS servers. So an outage on a primary means a load of secondary DNS server will not have the data they normally pull from the affected primary dns server.
Yep, I've ran a couple of third tier DNS servers in the past. I thought the second tier would have mitigated the attack somewhat, but it seems not. I think it highlights the need for DNS service to be re-thought with security in mind, and efforts made to make it more distibuted, rather than reliant one one master server. It now need multiple server setup, to make it more robust, I'm surprised a DDoS attack on one provider was so effective.
Kinda puts it in perspective on how lacking cybersecurity of the US is, more so how Dyn didn't have any backup to what happened, which tore down half of the US based internet for a few hours.
Tin foil hat on, imagine if that happens again but we are attacked physically at the same time.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Ask a question
Ask a question
Overclock.net
27.8M posts
541.2K members
Since 2004
A forum community dedicated to overclocking enthusiasts and testing the limits of computing. Come join the discussion about computing, builds, collections, displays, models, styles, scales, specifications, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!