Tag: Dirt Jumper

Dirt Jumper DDoS Bot Increasingly Popular

Jose Nazario on May 30, 2012.

We’ve profiled the Dirt Jumper DDoS bot before and shown its evolution over the years. We then took this analysis into our zoo to see which DDoS bot families are growing in popularity with attackers. The marketplace has opened up significantly (see Curt’s excellent overview […]

Curt Wilson on August 17, 2011.

Background In late July 2011, a specific piece of malware came to our attention. Analysis revealed that this particular piece of malware was launching DDoS attacks and we have direct evidence of DDoS attack on two Russian websites. One of these was a gaming website, […]

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Tag: Dirt Jumper

Dirt Jumper DDoS Bot Increasingly Popular

Dirt Jumper Caught in the Act