DDoS attack hobbles major sites, including Amazon (CNET)

People flocked to Google Wednesday evening to figure out what was happening with the UltraDNS service, which suffered a DDoS attack at the height of the last-minute shopping season.

(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)

An attack directed at the DNS provider for some of the Internet’s larger e-commerce companies–including Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Expedia–took several Internet shopping sites offline Wednesday evening, two days before Christmas.

Neustar, the company that provides DNS services under the UltraDNS brand name, confirmed an attack took place Wednesday afternoon, ..read more

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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Neustar (www.neustar.biz), the organization that operates the UltraDNS (www.ultradns.biz) product, announced on Thursday that it has collaborated with recursive DNS provider OpenDNS (www.opendns.com) on creating a system that will allow the ..read more