More information on the "mstream" DDoS attack tool. "A new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tool found recently in computers at several universities may be able to avoid defenses put up by Web sites after a rash of DDoS attacks in February . . .
More information on the "mstream" DDoS attack tool. "A new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tool found recently in computers at several universities may be able to avoid defenses put up by Web sites after a rash of DDoS attacks in February temporarily shut down eBay, Amazon.com and others, said an executive with Computer Associates. The tool, called "mstream," has been found at several universities, including the University of Washington, where it was sitting in a computer running a Linux operating system, said Alan Komet, a Computer Associates manager."

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