Chapter 2, Problem 2E

Explanation of Solution

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...