Raven Storm, the Multi-Threading Tool Employed by Hacktivists for DDoS Attacks - CloudSEK
Executive Summary
THREAT
- Mysterious Team advertising a powerful multi-threading DDoS tool capable of server takedown, wifi attack, and application layer attacks.
- Tool also allows connecting to a client via botnets.
IMPACT
- Significant downtime for the targeted website and server
- Loss of brand reputation.
- Hosting issues for other websites being hosted on the same server.
MITIGATION
- Implement anti-DDoS protection on the server.
- Use IP geo-blocking in case of an attack.