XBox Live and PSN Down
Some clowns called Lizard Squad are claiming responsibility. Why are they doing this? Well, apprently they just want people to retweet them and favorite them.
Yep, they're ruining people's online experience just for vanity's sake.
It's pretty funny how the other hacker group, The Finest, keeps on yelling at Microsoft and Sony to make themselves harder targets without much avail.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-network-and-xbox-live-are-down-and-the-notorious-hacker-gang-lizard-squad-is-taking-credit-2014-12Some clowns called Lizard Squad are claiming responsibility. Why are they doing this? Well, apprently they just want people to retweet them and favorite them.
Yep, they're ruining people's online experience just for vanity's sake.
It's pretty funny how the other hacker group, The Finest, keeps on yelling at Microsoft and Sony to make themselves harder targets without much avail.
Panic central huh?
Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
They need competent security admins.
If it's a DOS, or DDOS attack, there is no stopping it. It's the Juggernaut of viruses. The scary part is that it's so simple, even a child could bring a major network down. Scary huh? Makes you wonder how sophisticated the people that attacked Sony were.
Originally posted by Stoic
If it's a DOS, or DDOS attack, there is no stopping it. It's the Juggernaut of viruses. The scary part is that it's so simple, even a child could bring a major network down. Scary huh? Makes you wonder how sophisticated the people that attacked Sony were.
There are very expensive Firewall/Border Router/Heuristic Intrusion Prevention and Detection appliances available out there that could be deployed to prevent these DDoS attacks from being viable.
Here's the problem: the companies do not want to spend that much on infrastructure. I know for a fact Cisco sells a device that can handle a significant fraction of all internet traffic, at once, that fits my description of an appliance, above. I think it cost several hundred thousand or even millions of dollars (Cisco doesn't list the price) but devices like those do exist.
If a DDoS attack is occurring, the services being attacked and the security appliances in place must be able to handle the attack, shut it down quickly, and block traffic from that botnet. But that costs money...and big businesses are all about saving money.
Originally posted by dadudemon
There are very expensive Firewall/Border Router/Heuristic Intrusion Prevention and Detection appliances available out there that could be deployed to prevent these DDoS attacks from being viable.Here's the problem: the companies do not want to spend that much on infrastructure. I know for a fact Cisco sells a device that can handle a significant fraction of all internet traffic, at once, that fits my description of an appliance, above. I think it cost several hundred thousand or even millions of dollars (Cisco doesn't list the price) but devices like those do exist.
If a DDoS attack is occurring, the services being attacked and the security appliances in place must be able to handle the attack, shut it down quickly, and block traffic from that botnet. But that costs money...and big businesses are all about saving money.
I agree completely. However like you said not all companies are willing to go to wall in terms of the redundancy that you mentioned.
I thought something was up with PSN. I tried signing-in earlier today because I wanted to get my daily dose of some XCOM mp mode. To my disappointment, I kept getting the "You have been signed-out of playstation network" notification everytime I tried. I checked the network online from my computer and it said it was undergoing "routine maintenance". So I had to settle for playing some single player games all throughout the day. What a bummer. On Christmas too. That sucks.
I thought that by this time tonight/early morning that it would be back up but I guess it's still down, huh?
Originally posted by Esau Cairn
And the more we rely on technology...the easier it is to bring us to our knees.
Sad, but very true. For example, an EMP attack by terrorists on a power grid could cripple the country (any country) for years. I've recently started prepping for something bad like that happening or something equally bad like the economy collapsing (something I fear will happen in the near-future to the US, unfortunately), natural disasters, riots, race war(seems likely with how our nation is divided with recent events), etc...
Originally posted by Star428
Sad, but very true. For example, an EMP attack by terrorists on a power grid could cripple the country (any country) for years. I've recently started prepping for something bad like that happening or something equally bad like the economy collapsing (something I fear will happen in the near-future to the US, unfortunately), natural disasters, riots, race war(seems likely with how our nation is divided with recent events), etc...
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
I'm happy I didn't buy one of these systems now.
You, as everybody else, should wait until good games are out in those systems 👆
That might just teach companies not to put out plastic boxes that can't do sh_t... Well, I guess, that's still better than putting out games that aren't even finished.