Check Point Advisories

German Web-Servers HTTP Flooding DDoS

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-423
Date Published: 20 Sep 2011
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Saturday 01 January, 2011
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Who is Vulnerable? Web-Servers
Vulnerability Description A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) threat by a Bitcoin Mining botnet has been reported.
Vulnerability DetailsThe botnet attacks are used by attackers for Bitcoin Mining. The DDoS components distributed through the botnet enable HTTP flooding attacks, aka HTTP Hammering. These attacks are aimed to cause the server to crash or become unresponsive.

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