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[FYI] The Horror of Mstream
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Security » John Leyden [02 May 2000]
Deadly hacking tool discovered
Security experts have warned that hackers are developing a
distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool that could be even more
devastating than those used to paralyse eBay, Yahoo and other major
internet sites in February.
The tool, called Mstream, joins Trinoo, TFN2K, Stacheldraht and other
programs that can be used to launch DDoS attacks.
Using these programs, a hacker can make infected hosts send a series
of messages to a target computer. The volume of messages arriving at
the same time is enough to overwhelm that server, making a website
inaccessible.
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