New attack reportedly lets 1 modest laptop knock big servers offline

(credit: Bonnie Natko) Researchers said they have discovered a simple way lone attackers with limited resources can knock large servers offline when they’re protected by certain firewalls made by Cisco Systems and other manufacturers. The denial-of-service technique requires volumes of as little as 15 megabits, or about 40,000 packets per… Read entire story.

Source: Ars Technica