You've got to hand it to the IT security industry for its ability to coin new and impressive sounding terms for security threats. Hot on the hells of WiPhishing and Evil Twins comes the latest buzz word for wireless Lan security: phlooding. . Phlooding involves a "group of simultaneous but geographically distributed attacks that targets a business's authentication or network log-in structure, with the goal of overloading its central authentication server," according to wireless security firm AirMagnet, which coined the term. The link for this article located at SecurityFocus is no longer available. . Phlouding encompasses a series of coordinated strikes aimed at centralized identity verification systems, interrupting connectivity.. Phlooding Threat, Distributed Network Attacks, Authentication Security. . Brittany Day
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