EveryDNS and OpenDNS Slammed by Botnet DDoS Attack

[mandy]

UPDATED: OpenDNS, the San Francisco security startup that runs the PhishTank anti-phishing initiative, has been hit by a massive DDoS (distributed denial-of-service attack).

The 400mbps botnet attack did not affect the company's core recursive DNS resolution service. The OpenDNS.com home page and corporate blog were crippled for about 90 minutes on Dec. 1.

The attack appears to be targeting EveryDNS, a sibling business owned and operated by OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch. OpenDNS uses services from EveryDNS.

At 10:00 a.m. EST on Dec. 2, EveryDNS said the sustained attack continues. "[It] is currently being mitigated and service is restored. All services are under close watch by a team of network administrators around the world," according to a note on the home page...

full article: http://securitywatch.eweek.com/exploits_...ttack.html