Comments on: Malcode and DDoS Locations: May 2008

By: b1ckh42

b1ckh42 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:56:21 +0000

The larger nets are using P2P based communication methods already so tracking and shutting them down is next to impossible, the only defense IS a defense. Network providers need to develop some kind of ddos reporting system that can apply ACL’s at locations placed strategically along different points of the network. This would allow the massive traffic shift to be safely extinguished safely before it reaches critical mass.

By: billy

billy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:28:24 +0000

Surely we can stop this by tracking down the bot master if there using IRC, however if there bots are working over HTTP which i doubt then it will get tricky.

By: Claudio

Claudio — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:24:32 +0000

I was really surprise with the charts about who was hosting the attacks. Im seeing that Argentina (My country) is the second largest host after China, In the last months we had several discussions in security Forums here about the increase of the number of local people trying to perform this kind attacks, and the lack of legislation to punish them. It seems now that we really need to improve our laws to stop them.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:07:25 +0000

It seems that too much DDoS attacks and malware are from China. It’s so bad.

By: A-naan-e-mouse

A-naan-e-mouse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:51:02 +0000

I’m sure there is interesting data underneath this, but this has to be a shining example of why pie charts should not be used for data communication. [1]

From the first graph we guess roughly guess that China and the US are the same…but by how much? Exactly? Slightly more for China? Or slightly less? And how much of the total, 66% How am I supposed to visually convert the area of a circle into a percentage (or better yet, the raw numbers ). The smaller data points, like NL, UA, IT, etc., are invisible – are they responsible for 3%, 1%, or .0005% of the traffic? There’s no way to tell!

I’m a professional in the computer security field. I can handle numbers. Why not provide tables with the numbers? Use a bar chart if you must, but pie charts just aren’t helpful.

[1] Exception: http://craphound.com/images/pacmancharthumor.jpg