"The attack, dubbed Cross-Site Tracing (XST), involves a method whereby a programmable engine or common client side scripting language, such as JavaScript, accesses and obtains Web authentication credentials on a target system regardless of how well the information is stored and protected. This in turn can be used by a hacker to assume the identity of a victim on an array of sites ranging from Web mail, to online banking, to auction sites."
We are monitoring massive Distributed Denial of Service attacks all over the U.S. tonight starting at around 11:30 PM CST. As many as 5 of the 13 root nameserver have been down, up to 10 with massive packet loss (xx%):
01-25-2003, 07:19 AM
INTERNET UNDER ATTACK
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