Technique
technique:distributed_denial_of_service_attack
Also: DDOS, DDoS, DDoS attack, DOS, denial-of-service attack
Attack technique used against the hospital by sending large volumes of traffic from many changing source IP addresses to disrupt websites and network services.
Attack technique used against the hospital by sending large volumes of traffic from many changing source IP addresses to disrupt websites and network services.
“After three weeks of a continuous distributed denial-of-service attack”
“It was a typical denial-of-service attack, a DOS.”
Large-scale availability attack launched against Saudi Aramco during recovery efforts.
“the attackers launched a massive DDoS attack against them.”
Attack used to overwhelm websites and make them unavailable, including as retaliation against advertising agencies.
“He then launched a revenge distributed denial-of-service attack on these advertising sites”
“The purpose of the DDoS attack was to make the target’s website unavailable”
Use of a botnet to overwhelm competing gambling websites and interrupt their service.
“The hacker would use a botnet to launch a huge denial-of-service attack”
Attack technique used by Mariposa operators against targets including Chris's provider and other organizations.
“It was capable of distributed denial-of-service attacks”
“they leveraged it to create a massive DDoS attack against us”
Flooding technique repeatedly used against metasploit.com and related infrastructure.
“we started getting DDoS attacks”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | #OpJustina | Explicit | 14 |
| incoming | USES | Anonymous | Explicit | 14 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Boston Children’s Hospital network attack | Explicit | 14 |
| incoming | USES | Martin Gottesfeld | Attributed | 14 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Saudi Aramco cyber-attack (2012) | Explicit | 30 |
| incoming | USES | Zain Qaiser | Explicit | 44 |
| incoming | USES | John Doe | Explicit | 76 |
| incoming | USES | Butterfly Bot | Explicit | 94 |
#OpJustina INVOLVES distributed denial-of-service attack
The campaign involved repeated distributed denial-of-service attacks against the hospital.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details
“the DOS against the hospital was growing larger and getting more serious”
Anonymous USES distributed denial-of-service attack
Anonymous members used denial-of-service attacks against the hospital’s network and public websites.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details
“members from Anonymous began a network attack on the Boston Children’s Hospital. It was a typical denial-of-service attack”
Boston Children’s Hospital network attack INVOLVES distributed denial-of-service attack
The hospital network attack involved a prolonged distributed denial-of-service attack that lasted approximately three weeks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details
“After three weeks of a continuous distributed denial-of-service attack, the network traffic returned to normal.”
Martin Gottesfeld USES distributed denial-of-service attack
In a letter attributed to Martin Gottesfeld, he said he coded and ran the attack that took down the hospital’s donations page; the surrounding episode identifies that attack as a DDoS campaign.
Attributed Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details
“I coded around the clock for two weeks to perfect the attack.”
“Boston Children’s Hospital’s donations page went down.”
Saudi Aramco cyber-attack (2012) INVOLVES distributed denial-of-service attack
During the later attacks, the attackers launched a massive DDoS attack against Saudi Aramco.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Chris Kubecka EP 30 Details
“the attackers launched a massive DDoS attack against them”
Zain Qaiser USES distributed denial-of-service attack
Zain launched revenge DDoS attacks against advertising websites that questioned or rejected him.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“Zain then launched a revenge distributed denial-of-service attack on these advertising sites”
“Zain then launched more denial-of-service attacks against the websites that were questioning him.”
John Doe USES distributed denial-of-service attack
Gery's hacker used a botnet to conduct denial-of-service attacks against competing gambling sites.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 76 Details
“The hacker would use a botnet to launch a huge denial-of-service attack on competitor casinos”
Butterfly Bot USES distributed denial-of-service attack
Chris says the Butterfly Bot was capable of distributed denial-of-service attacks and that many DDoS attacks were observed.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Davis EP 94 Details
“It was capable of distributed denial-of-service attacks”