BlackNurse DDoS Takes Just One Laptop to Nix a Network | Homeland Security Degreeshttps://homelandsecurityedus.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/blacknurse-ddos-takes-just-one-laptop-to-nix-a-network/ BlackNurse DDoS Takes Just One Laptop to Nix a Network The BlackNurse DDoS technique has been uncovered which lets hackers take down firewalls and servers from a laptop. BlackNurse targets vulnerable firewalls made by Cisco PaloAlto and others in whats known as a "ping flood attack. The traffic speed and packets per second are very low but the offensive is still capable of taking down networks. In fact an average laptop can produce about a 180Mbps DDoS attack. BlackNurse is an attack based on continuou To learn more visit: The post BlackNurse DDoS Takes Just One Laptop to Nix a Network appeared first on Homeland Security Degrees. http://www.homelandsecurityedus.org/homeland-security-news/blacknurse-ddos-takes-just-one-laptop-to-nix-a-network/