Bruce Schneier talks to Mike Mimoso about information he was given regarding an increase in DDoS and probing attacks targeting companies running core internet infrastructure in an attempt to test their defenses. For some additional context about this conversation, read an article by Schneier on these incidents, and check out a recent VeriSign report quantifying...

When the Internet’s root name servers are in the line of fire of a DDoS attack, people start to sweat, and with good reason since they are the authoritative servers used to resolve IP addresses. The most recent attacks against the root servers happened over a two-day period starting last Nov. 30, and impacted services...