Principles of Information Security
Principles of Information Security
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781285448367
Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Course Technology
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Chapter 2, Problem 2E

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Mafiaboy’s attack:

Mafiaboy case is well known to the world as it affected 11 corporate networks.

  • He became a great example as a novice who used pre-coded exploits to launch DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks.
  • The tools used by Mafiaboy are easily available on the internet.
  • The tools used by him required little computer knowledge and can be used by script kiddies.
  • These attacks resulted in nearly $1 loss to many reputed companies.

Exploitation of several sites:

Mafiaboy’s attack blocked the networks and filled the networks with garbage data, by running a computer script.

  • Because of these attacks it got difficult to reach those sites. In some cases the sites got completely crashed.
  • The issue became so serious that the authorities were prompted to investigate...

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