DNS servers under attack...

[jos]

Bind is the name of a variety of Domain Name System (DNS) software used on the majority of internet servers. The recently identified bug allows attackers to crash the software, therefore taking the DNS service offline and preventing URLs, for example, from working. A patch for the flaw is already available, but many systems are yet to be updated.

Exploiting it could threaten the smooth running of internet services as it allows hackers to launch denial-of-service attacks on websites, potentially forcing them offline.

Cybersecurity expert Brian Honan commented that a spike in exploits of the flaw was expected over the next few days.

 

 

Hoe everyone will update servers soon... It is not an easy task...

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33764155

[JeffreyEagan]

It's not under attack, they're just announcing a flaw that was found.

[Gung Pow Chicken]

It's not hard to block that....the company being affected just needs to put a little bit of effort into things. 

[jos]

It's not under attack, they're just announcing a flaw that was found.

Nope few servers are already down

[Master Disaster]

Plus you'd need to take down a very large number of DNS servers simultaneously to actually effect the internet as a whole.

Not sure how a DNS exploit can help DDOS specific websites though?

[samcool55]

So it's a bug that takes a DNS server down, and not a DDoS attack? I mean it looks quite calm atm.

http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=16651&view=map

[Jade]

The flaw was disclosed after the patch was released for it.

[jos]

The flaw was disclosed after the patch was released for it.

Flaw was disclosed after patch was released, but was under attack before that.. and almost no servers have applied the patch

[Aytex]

Hoe everyone 

das not nice

[SImoHayha]

Jeez wow hackers must have a lot of time on their hands to find this crap out.  " Lets see what to do, today? lets be a dick ! "