Russian Banks Floored by Withering DDoS Attacks (theregister.co.uk) 103
An anonymous reader shares a report on The Register: At least five Russian banks weathered days-long DDoS attacks this week. A wave of assaults began on Tuesday afternoon and continued over the next two days. Victims including Sberbank and Alfabank both confirmed DDoS attacks on their online services, RT reports. The attacks were powered by compromised IoT devices, according to an unnamed Russian Central Bank official. Early indications are that the Mirai IoT botnet that disrupted DNS services for scores of high-profile websites might be behind the latest attacks but this remains unconfirmed. DDoS attacks on Russian banks are far from unprecedented. The last attack on this scale affected eight major banks in October 2015. David Kennerley, director of threat research at Webroot, commented: "These latest DDoS attacks are extremely similar to the recent ones targeted at Dyn last month, and really drives home the security issues of the Internet of Things. While attacks like these are complicated, there's still an element of basic security that could have reduced success -- password management.
That's awful!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re: (Score:2)
Anybody have a script I can run to join in the fun?
Damn kids and their IoT botnet toys.
Back in my day we had to work a bit harder. Today, it's basically downloading a fucking app and pressing the shiny button.
Like it or not, that's called progress.
So much for Kremlin doing the Hacking (Score:1, Troll)
When the US internet went down couple of weeks back lot of folks were blaming Russia. Criminals are criminals they have no national loyalties. Doubt CNN will report this and present a retraction
Re: (Score:1)
Re: (Score:2)
It went down for about an hour across much of the East coast.
Re: (Score:3, Informative)
Re: (Score:2)
Exactly this! People (especially the media) conflate "web browser" with "the internet" - our series of tubes were perfectly fine the entire time! Just a section of name resolution was glitchy for a small region for a relatively small period of time. Those companies effected should have had redundant DNS providers, in which case a small latent DNS failover would have been the only real issue to end users.
Re: (Score:3)
I wonder if the west IS responsible for this, some sort of retaliatory measure, or if this is some internal issue in Russia where the banks are being targeted.
Re: (Score:2, Funny)
Re: (Score:2)
Meanwhile, there were 7M fewer democrat votes for Pres than in 2012. But about the same for republicans.
Maaaaaabye, it was something else.
Re: (Score:2)
Meanwhile, there were 7M fewer democrat votes for Pres than in 2012. But about the same for republicans.
Maaaaaabye, it was something else.
Indeed it was. Majorities of voters intensely disliked both candidates. [cnbc.com] No need to provide details here -- that has already been done ad nauseum.
Clinton appears to have carried the popular vote, but Trump has won the all-important electoral college. How did this happen? I have heard various reasons:
- Trump connected to deep anger and frustration in the white working-class electorate
- Clinton failed to maintain support from the Obama coalition
- In the post-primary season, Clinton neglected the "blue firewall
Re: (Score:2)
My take on it.
https://slashdot.org/comments.... [slashdot.org]
Re: So much for Kremlin doing the Hacking (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, I wouldn't use those words because I'm not an asshole.
But, yes, she was a horrible candidate. And Trump, even worse in his own right, was a master at flaming every piece of smoke coming out of her to make fire.
So 7M dems stayed home because they didn't like their own candidate. And the same number of GOPs voted ('12 vs '16) because they didn't like the other candidate.
Re: (Score:2)
I fully agree that there was, and will continue to be, voter suppression.
But it didn't suppress millions.
And to think so is to fundamentally miss the point. And when this greek tragedy occurred. Hint: the timeline is in Hillary's emails. Spoiler: it was 2012.
Re: (Score:2)
Why would previous Obama voters go Libertarian?
Re: (Score:2)
"and consider the possibility it was only 1.83 million"
what's matter is where those votes changed hands; most American elections are decided in a just a few states.
First women (Score:2)
What is it about the Dems that suddenly, they are all into dynastic manipulation? If they want the first woman president, there are so many choices they have of women who made it in their own right - Pelosi, Pocahontas, to name just 2. Women who got where they are on their own, not via fathers or husbands. Ain't that what feminism is about?
Even if I wanted to see the country's first woman president, I wouldn't want such a unique person to be associated w/ cronyism or corruption, as Hilary would inevit
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3)
I honestly doubt it. Now that it is clear having the last name "Clinton" means the alt-right will literally accuse you of anything up to and including assassinations and mass murder.
No, if the Dems do anything at this point, they'll find a Liberal version of Donald Trump, so we're probably talking about a younger version of Bernie Sanders. After all, other than the hatred of climate change, gays and women who control the activity of their uterus, there now appears to be little that is different between the
Re: (Score:2)
I wouldn't count on the US surviving this one. Expect china will be the dominant power by 2020. Pity, but the US will be britain before I die. I'd hoped to miss nero fiddle while rome burns. But nero showed up sooner then I expected.
Re: (Score:2)
You do realize that Hillary probably has better qualifications than Bill did don't you. She had better grades, was actually one of the lawyers on the watergate scandal, and was a senator, Sec of State, and also happened to be first lady. I'm not into dynasties much, but to infer she was unqualified is just not accurate. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Trumps tax returns and how is he going to blind trust his assets. Everyone was worried about the clinton charity foundation conflicts, what about the trump h
Qualified to lead? (Score:2)
You do realize that Hillary probably has better qualifications than Bill did don't you. She had better grades, was actually one of the lawyers on the watergate scandal, and was a senator, Sec of State, and also happened to be first lady. I'm not into dynasties much, but to infer she was unqualified is just not accurate. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Trumps tax returns and how is he going to blind trust his assets. Everyone was worried about the clinton charity foundation conflicts, what about the trump hotel right down the street from his new address? You know the one with the very expensive lease to the US Gov that probably will not be able to make the payments.
Hilary became a senator by virtue of her name recognition as First Lady: it's not that she did something tangible for NY that got voters to elect her over Rich Lazio. As Senator, her sole achievements were getting a few buildings named: the stuff about her getting funds for NY after 9/11 was just hooey. NYC had a high visibility due to the twin towers attack happening there, and there is no way it would have been ignored. Not to mention that both Giuliani and Patakis had great influence w/ President Bus
Re: (Score:2)
You just don't get it. Trump cannot divorce himself from his empire. I predict he will be impeached for it. He makes tricky dick look like mother theresa. The tax returns are not a red herring. He has been audited every year and is proud of it. Believe what you want about hiliary, you can live in your bubble, I'll live in mine, its the new merica.
Re: (Score:2)
"Hilary became a senator by virtue of her name recognition as First Lady: it's not that she did something tangible for NY that got voters to elect her over Rich Lazio"
I've seen Lazio in interviews. Trust me, Clinton is a better choice.
What most people have forgotten or don't know about Hillary becoming a Senator in New York is that she got out there and met the little people, went to a fuckton of small towns and introduced herself at malls, fairs, corn roasts, town halls.
Did her status as former 1st lady he
Re: (Score:2)
"He has been audited every year" - I don't believe that but he says it because it fits his narrative of a rigged system & makes him look like a victim of the corrupt government, which plays well since the IRS doesn't get much love from anyone.
And he can get away with lying about yearly audits since the IRS is not allowed to comment specifically on his tax situation - but there was a very strong implication that he's lying when they did say that "it would be most unusual for someone to be audited every
Re: (Score:2)
How the fuck do you think Mrs. Obama is a shitstain?
Other than from Fox News.
Re: (Score:2)
I like her personally, have no clue about her politics because she doesn't really express them often, it would be a mistake to say they are identical to her husband's- spouses rarely agree 100% on politics.
Which is my intro to say: I know the reason my wife doesn't like her is school lunches. It was her initiatives that altered the school lunch program. My kids won't eat them says they are disgusting (she blame's Michelle, I think school lunches have always been disgusting). She says portion sizes are t
Re: (Score:2)
That's ... about the least convincing argument for any politician I've ever heard.
Re: (Score:2)
In other words, your poor kid is being made to eat a healthy lunch with appropriate portion sizes. What an evil witch!
Re: (Score:2)
She's not a politician though and most likely won't run for anything. She has even said as much. She's never held public office and as such probably isn't qualified for any high-level political job.
Re: (Score:2)
What does that matter anymore? You have a guy who isn't even apparently very good at business and who never held a political position of any kind now the President of the United States. If Trump is qualified to be President, then I figure you can into the nearest shopping mall right now, right into the middle of the food court, close your eyes, spin around a dozen times, point in the direction you end up at, and the first person you point out will have all the qualifications needed to be the most powerful p
First ladies and personal decisions (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
She's not a politician though and most likely won't run for anything. She has even said as much. She's never held public office and as such probably isn't qualified for any high-level political job.
Part of the driver would be popularity, so if she were so inclined, she would. But unlike Clinton, she's not a feminist: she's a pretty traditional stay at home mom, who believes in being supportive of her husband. I daresay that that's a part of the reason behind her popularity.
Re: (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
You know she couldn't actually make people do this and it was actually schools that instituted luncb reforms, right?
Re: (Score:2)
"She's never held public office and as such probably isn't qualified for any high-level political job"
Er, tell me again about the qualifications of the president-elect, pls
Re: (Score:2)
"why didn't Mrs Obama make it a point to make all obese people exercise to the point that they became trim, and less likely to suffer heart disease?"
Because the GOP would call that a direct attack on their voting base?
Re: (Score:2)
He's only "apparently not good at business" to people who don't know jack shit about business.
I tried to book a flight on Trump Air, hoping to have a delicious Trump Steak, wash it down with a clear shot or two of Trump Vodka, maybe get a bottle of Trump Water as a souvenir, on my way to enrolling at Trump University.
I wonder if I can get a Trump Mortgage.
http://gawker.com/a-complete-l... [gawker.com]
I never counted Paul Newman as someone who knew jack shit about business but his Newman's Own brand has generated more money in charitable donations than Trump has accumulated - yes, I'm implying he's not a billion
Re: (Score:3)
The bad part is that there is news that they are now grooming Chelsea to run for office
I would not be surprised if there were evidence of that, but kindly provide some.
I am aware that she has a PhD in International Relations and she is working at the Clinton Global Initiative. That might be a good background for a post in foreign affairs, but I'd have to see more domestic affairs on her résumé before I believed she was going to run for office.
and Obama's wife is acting all political, too.
Perhaps, but would she run for office? Most likely not. [vanityfair.com]
Re: (Score:2)
Doubt it. Interrupting banks gets very expensive, and Russia is in the middle of a multi-year financial crisis touched off by low oil prices and economic sanctions.
Re: (Score:3)
Believe it or not there are many hacking groups out there, and they have different agendas.
This attack, along with the Liberia, Dyn and Krebs on Security attacks, are being blamed on the Mirai botnet. To my knowledge no one reputable has linked Mirai with Russia, at least not the Russian government. Mirai's targets seem to be random, like the developers are simply demonstrating their capabilities. So far there doesn't seem to be a political agenda.
Re: (Score:2)
I KNEW Trump sold out to Putin! (Score:4, Funny)
Damn Russkies stopping Clinton by attacking their own banks!
Re: (Score:2)
Damn Russkies stopping Clinton by attacking their own banks!
Classic false flag [wikipedia.org] operation. :-)
Re: (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
I have one (Linux box, and I have several devices that are not allowed Internet connectivity in either direction), but there is the thing: Consumer firewalls are set to default-allow, because otherwise consumers complain why their shiny new toys do not work. In other words, consumer-firewalls are useless without a competent administrator and they basically never have one. Enterprise firewalls are default-deny and, guess what, they universally have administrators, because without them you cannot be used in a
HA HA (Score:4, Funny)
HA HA, err, wait, I meant to say, "That's terrible!"
Re: (Score:2)
HA HA, err, wait, I meant to say, "That's terrible!"
Er wait... ah, HA HA!
Alfabank and mystery Trump connections. (Score:4, Interesting)
Isn't Alfabank the one that was engaging in all of that highly suspicious/mystery network traffic from an "unused" Trump server a couple of weeks ago?
Seems like a bit of a coincidence.
Any juicy conspiracy theories here?
Re: (Score:3)
Yeah - I remembered correctly for once:
http://www.slate.com/articles/... [slate.com]
Re: (Score:2, Troll)
Any juicy conspiracy theories here?
Only the conspiracy about the child abuse, child sex parties and pedophilia via the DNC and Podesta email leaks. [reddit.com]
Re: (Score:1)
> Any juicy conspiracy theories here?
Who gave those experts, including Paul Vixie, right to snoop on DNS traffic of their political opponent?
Reap what you sow russia (Score:2)
Whats it like to be on the receiving end for once?
Re: (Score:1)
How did things get so bad for you, that whenever something bad happens on the Internet, you immediately assume it's the Russian government? That pretext is so bad it could only fit in a dumb Hollywood movie, but of course some people lap it up when it's served in front of them.
Hillary is striking back (Score:1)
Comey is investigating (Score:2)
:)
False flag attack (Score:2)
Revenge? (Score:3)
Is this the revenge which Obama promised [politico.com] for Putin helping Trump defeat Clinton with the Wikipedia leaks?
Re: (Score:2)
Um "Wikileaks" - not "Wikipedia leaks". WIkileaks has *nothing* to do with Wikipedia other than that they both happen to use a "Wiki". It's rather important not to make that mistake!
Small wonder (Score:2)
Payback is a bitch.
Must be the DNC! (Score:2, Insightful)
Must be the DNC! See, we can use unfounded accusations in both directions!
Re: (Score:2)
Explanation (Score:1)