Episode 2 – December 16, 2012
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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 1
Episode 1 – December 7, 2012
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Introduction
2013 Security Predictions
It’s late fall, and time for vendors around the world to start guessing at what threats the coming year will bring.
First up, Symantec’s 5 Security Predictions for 2013:
- Cyber conflict becomes the norm
- Ransomware is the new scareware
- Madware adds to the insanity
- Monetization of social networks introduces new dangers
- As users shift to mobile and cloud, so will attackers
DNS Reflection Attacks
One of the interesting things about owning a server on the Internet is trying to keep the constant barrage of attackers at bay. A few weeks back, I had been watching the raw traffic with tcpdump, trying to diagnose a problem and saw a huge number of DNS requests. A closer look revealed the queries were coming in batches of about 3000 to 5000 from the same IP address over the course of a minute or so. All of the queries were the same: an ANY request for one of the domains I host. Continue reading DNS Reflection Attacks