VirCurEx down again

[rmolby]

I have not been able to get to VirCurEx for about two hours now.

Anyone else?

[jabowery]

Yes I get

502 Bad Gateway

nginx/1.4.1

[rmolby]

Yes I get

502 Bad Gateway

nginx/1.4.1

That's exactly what I get  

[soma13]

back up now

[SNAZ31]

back up now

I still can't get on it. Is it back down again?

[jmh9072]

back up now

I still can't get on it. Is it back down again?

It seems to be. I can't access it either.

[mprep]

back up now

I still can't get on it. Is it back down again?

It seems to be. I can't access it either.

Down for me too.

[kneim]

They are under DDOS, same as with bter and cryptsy. It was starting yesterday.

[SNAZ31]

Okay well at least it's not just me then lol... Damn ddossers... I'm sure they will give up eventually... Is there no way to prevent ddossing? Or do we just have to wait for P2P exchanges?

Edit: Oh and I wonder if these new browsers will help in anyway, with the webrtc introduction. I am not very computer savvy but I'm sure those that are must be able to come up with new and exciting things. Can't wait for it to evolve more.

[kneim]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

[SNAZ31]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

I see, so do you think they can utilize anything with the webrtc? And how would you know if you had been infected? I'm guessing they are not found by the standard virus protection?

[kneim]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

I see, so do you think they can utilize anything with the webrtc? And how would you know if you had been infected? I'm guessing they are not found by the standard virus protection?

I don't know enough about WebRTC. For my security I use Ubuntu Linux and Mac. I configure my browser. I have uninstalled Flash. I'm blocking adds. For surfing on unknown pages I use a special guest account with low privs. If I need flash (rather seldom), I do this in a virtual mashine. In Windows I always have installed an antivirus sw.

As an admin I'm rather sure I have no virus, but the attacks get more sophisticated.

[monsterer]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

This is true, but there are illegitimate organisations behind them, who charge their 'customers' varying amounts of money for a DDOS attack on a site of their choice - so in the end, they tend to have limited scope and persistence.

[snakee]

cant u just fight back with more resources ?

[SNAZ31]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

I see, so do you think they can utilize anything with the webrtc? And how would you know if you had been infected? I'm guessing they are not found by the standard virus protection?

I don't know enough about WebRTC. For my security I use Ubuntu Linux and Mac. I configure my browser. I have uninstalled Flash. I'm blocking adds. For surfing on unknown pages I use a special guest account with low privs. If I need flash (rather seldom), I do this in a virtual mashine. In Windows I always have installed an antivirus sw.

As an admin I'm rather sure I have no virus, but the attacks get more sophisticated.

You should look into it, it is fairly new but seems pretty exciting for the future as it is all open source etc... To be honest I am pretty lacking with my online security I have never bothered with it all that much and touch wood I have had no issues thus far. Non that i am aware of anyway lol... I think I would realize if I had a botnet or something just by looking at my cpu usage and my miner stats...

I am not even very careful about where I browse lol

[SNAZ31]

The defense can only be done through technology by the exchanges. The attack can repeat and can last forever. These attacks are done by botnets, consisting of many infected home-computers all over the world, centrally managed for the strike.

This is true, but there are illegitimate organisations behind them, who charge their 'customers' varying amounts of money for a DDOS attack on a site of their choice - so in the end, they tend to have limited scope and persistence.

Yeah I saw someone on atlantis offering a ddos service, I did have a little chuckle about it, but i don't laugh when it is a site I like being under attack lol.

[SNAZ31]

Vircurex is back now btw peeps.

[SNAZ31]

Aaaaaannnnndddddd back down again... Damn it!!! Grrrrrrr... What are these people getting out of it? And who is doing it? Is it really just for the lulz? If it were wouldn't they like to gloat about their fine work? Is it rival exchanges? Or putting on the tin foil hat, is it .gov? Or I suppose bankers?

Whoever it is they won't win in the end ultimately. Crypto's are here to stay, sorry...

[alyssa85]

What are these people getting out of it? And who is doing it? 

My guess is it's someone who doesn't like alt-coins. Notice it's only the alt-coin exchanges that are being attacked. Maybe they think ddossing the exchanges is easier than mounting 51% attacks on the alt-coins

[ninjaboon]

it's down again
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/vircurex.com