DDoS Attack Threats | DNS Flooder Attack Toolkit | Prolexic

http://www.prolexic.com/knowledge-center-ddos-threat-advisory-dns-flooder-audio.html | By exploiting vulnerable DNS servers – or setting up their own – malicious actors can launch powerful DDoS reflection attacks using the new DNS Flooder cybercrime toolkit. The toolkit exploits nuances of the DNS protocol to amplify attacks by a factor of 50 or more, while making the attacker almost entirely anonymous. Find out more about this DDoS threat in the full Prolexic DNS Flooder Threat Advisory, available at http://www.prolexic.com/knowledge-center-ddos-threat-advisory-dns-flooder-audio.html