Tag: DNS-amplification-attacks

What a crazy day! Our 3 DNS got distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack…

May 26, 2024

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by

Richard Applegate

in Network and IT System Information, Work Life

Indeed, you have indeed heard this statement. However, I have managed to eliminate that issue, and we no longer utilize plain DNS 53 on our network. Our network is functioning successfully. Currently, my DNS query indicates that all our DNS servers are encrypted using DNS Over TLS.
My DNS, both Primary and Secondary, got into DNS amplification attacks.

Oct 20, 2023

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by

Richard Applegate

in Administrator Linux

This attack trigger was found on October 16, 2023, when I received an email that my server was nearly full. This is not a typical occurrence. Therefore, I discovered that my AdGuard Home DNS Server had been compromised, and that a significant number of IP addresses exceeding 20K were targeted specifically in Brazil, Latin, two…