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Answer» Does anybody know what a "nuke" is when talking about hacking\website ATTACKS? I've been threatened by somebody and i need to know what it is and how to block it. please Not sure, but I assume it's a DOS attack.Quote from: stewie0888 on August 30, 2010, 03:14:08 PM Does anybody know what a "nuke" is when talking about hacking\website attacks? I've been threatened by somebody and i need to know what it is and how to block it. please I'm sure your fine. Nobody who calls it that can do anything. Quote from: BC_Programmer on August 30, 2010, 03:27:55 PM I'm sure your fine. Nobody who calls it that can do anything.Yeah, exactly. "Nuke"...for crying out loud. Most people who THREATEN "action" like that don't end up doing anything. And what's more is that they're probably not capable of doing so.I agree with kpac and BC, but just to be safe, make sure you firewall and av PROGRAM is up to date.Quote from: rthompson80819 on August 30, 2010, 03:38:10 PM I agree with kpac and BC, but just to be safe, make sure you firewall and av program is up to date.On a website? I know he mentioned a website attack, but it didn't seem to me like he was running a website.Trust me. There is literally 0 danger. He's just trying to scare you. If they wanted to do something, they wouldn't tell you until after they had done it. Here they are just trying to be "OH hey you is a douche IZ GONNA HAXOR YOU U BE SORRY!" etc etc, "my MOMZ THINKS IM A KULZ HAXOR!" etc etc... The fact that they called it a "nuke" makes me think that their only exposure to hacking at all has been from that "Wargames" movie.Stop listening to your haxxorz friends and what they say they can do... Buy them an ice cream cone...If it's against a website is known as a DDoS (Distributed denial of service), setting up a number of bots on varies other people's computers (victims) and remotely or automatically having those send requests to the website in order to overload it and cripple it. 'Nuke' could be this DoS or attacking via PHP, Javascript, etc, and exploit inherent limitations of networking. The name is used mostly by scripts which 'bomb-bared' a website or computer with requests, packets, injections or loopbacks. Black Ice Firewall is old protection, but can bounces the attack back at the bots (not the actual hacker), in turn crashing the victim's computer rather than the server. Varies other firewalls don't believe in affecting those who might be stupid and unaware of what their infected computer is doing right under their noses, so simply temporary block the IP addresses of those computer(s). Normally any network attack attempt will be blocked for 30-60mins, then REPEAT if continues, leaving the server rather unaffected by the issue. Packet rules are added to prevent easy attacks like endless echo reply loops, DNS rewrites, etc. Websites have one or more '.htaccess' files on their server, you can write rules in to block out Common Exploits and Bad User Agents, etc. Keeping your virus scanner, ensure you have a good firewall, and updating your operating system with the latest patchs helps block these exploits. Quote from: Azzaboi on August 30, 2010, 05:18:13 PM If it's against a website is known as a DDoS (Distributed denial of service), setting up a number of bots on varies other people's computers (victims) and remotely or automatically having those send requests to the website in order to overload it and cripple it. thanks |
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