Documents specified above DO NOT include the graphical elements, design, or layout of this Web site. You can contact the webmaster at . DoS attacks disable Web servers on the Internet by overloading them with messages, according to the study.
Attackers attempt to hide their tracks by using false source addresses.
The researchers counted over 12,000 DoS attacks against 5,000 targets during the study period. Some attackers directed more than 600,000 message packets per second at their victims. Tools get out to the general hacking community fairly quickly. There are a lot of these tools there to be downloaded. The researchers were surprised to find a large number of small attacks, according to Moore.