Source: Anthony M. Freed, Director of Business Development at Infosec Island
Anti-jihadi hacker The Jester (th3j35t3r), continues his campaign against militant Islamic websites, and now reveals the development of an automated version of his DoS attack, which he calls the XerXeS project.
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Now some questions for our readers: Based on what little we know of The Jester’s XerXeS DoS attack, what are the implications for our own network security should this technique be employed by nefarious hackers against us?
Does The Jester’s conditional offer of cooperation warrant the extension of some sort of immunity in exchange for critical information that could be employed both against “enemy” systems and also in defense of our own?
And is there a place in our cyber defense strategy for virtual mercenaries?