SynFlooder
- Malware type
- ddos
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:20:13
Context
SynFlooder is a type of malware designed to launch SYN flood attacks, a kind of denial-of-service (DoS) attack that exploits the TCP handshake mechanism to overwhelm targets with a flood of connection requests. It can be used to degrade or interrupt the network services of the targeted system.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Synflooder_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- cylance.com — Cylance Operation Cleaver Report (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Synflooder (report)