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February 16, 2000 (5:41 AM EST)

Hackers Continue To Mutate Attack Tools

Hackers Continue To Mutate Attack Tools

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Hackers are mutating distributed denial of service (DDoS) tools, effectively rendering many DDoS scanning tools blind, security intelligence service iDefense said Tuesday. These mutations are affecting well known tools such as Stacheldraht, TFN, and TFN2K, as well as lesser known tools like fapi, blitznet, shaft, and Trank, according to a paper it said a hacker named Mixter released Tuesday. Mixter mentioned updates to stream attacks that amplify a DDoS attacker's ability to flood a system, the use of multicast addresses to take advantage of routers that can multiply packets, and the flooding of an organization's intrusion-detection system.


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