Investigating DDoS Attacks: Unmasking Unsophisticated Attack Methods

The latest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that have wrangled some U.S. and South Korean government websites appear to be the work of a relatively unsophisticated attacker and not the actions of a state sponsored professional, according to experts analyzing the traffic from the botnet behind the attacks. Experts say the methods used to conduct the DDoS attacks are so unsophisticated that there's a chance that they could be traced back to an attacker. Still, some news reports have painted a broad brush on the DDoS attacks, calling them sophisticated and trumpeting them as a cyberwar with North Korea ties. Others are citing security experts who are speculating on the attacker's intent.

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