+1 please. From: uknof <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Christian de Larrinaga <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thursday, 10 December 2015 at 09:21 To: Neil McRae <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Keith Mitchell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [uknof] JANET DoS
Yes please Neil! thanks Christian Neil J. McRae wrote: From my point of view; DDOS has been significant up for over a year now, notable step change in attacks, attack profiles and sophistication. Can perhaps pull together something that shows the step change if its of interest. Cheers, Neil. On 09/12/2015, 17:44, "uknof on behalf of Keith Mitchell" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]><mailto:[email protected][email protected]> wrote: Indeed, in the absence of detailed public statements, analyzable data would be a good thing. What's baffling me about these attacks is the motivation - it's very much the season for online shopping extortion attacks, and what happened to the root last week suggests there's a lot of DDoS generally going on right now, but its not clear what's to be gained from taking out academic infrastructure. I hope it's not some deadline-shy undergrad using a booter site to avoid their assessments ("the DoS ate my homework"...), but sadly such things are not inconceivable these days. Keith -- Christian de Larrinaga FBCS, CITP, ------------------------- @ FirstHand ------------------------- +44 7989 386778 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------- Andy Hunter Professional Services Director IT Professional Services Axwell House Waterside Drive Metrocentre East Business Park Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE11 9HU T. 0191 442 8300 F. 0191 442 8301 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Celebrating 15 years of commitment to delivering integrity, quality and expertise in ICT solutions. Thank you to all our valued customers for their years of continued support. Call us to arrange a visit to our new data centre, or check out www.itps.co.uk <http://www.itps.co.uk/> and see how we can help your IT budget deliver more for less. [http://www.it-ps.com/wp-content/themes/itps/images/logo.png], [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/twitter]<http://twitter.com/#!/itpsltd> [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITPS/180607505381380> [http://itpswebhost01.it-ps.com/customer_images/itps/linkedin] <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/itpsltd> Company No. 3930001<tel:3930001> registered in England VAT No. 734 1935 33 <tel:734%201935%2033> Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of ITPS. All emails received and sent to / from ITPS are monitored for information security purposes. This email is intended only for the named addressee - if you are not this person please inform us via [email protected]. Please don’t copy or distribute it. After letting us know it’s not for you, please delete the e-mail. Emails should not be considered to be totally secure as they pass through third party Internet services where it is possible they can be viewed. It is also possible for emails to be delayed, lost, or be potentially altered by unauthorised third parties whilst in transit. For secure email facilities please contact us and we can discuss how we can help you secure your emails. While ITPS takes all reasonable steps to minimise virus transmission risks, we can’t accept liability for any issues or losses you or your organisation may have as a result of a virus being contained within an email, any attachment the email may contain and or any data corruption or third-party interference with the email content.
