Security News > 2015 > July > Attackers Revive Deprecated RIPv1 Routing Protocol in DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2015-07-01 16:45
An advisory from Akamai warns of a recent reflection style DDoS attack in which the deprecated RIPv1 routing protocol was leveraged against targets.
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http://threatpost.com/attackers-revive-deprecated-ripv1-routing-protocol-in-ddos-attacks/113582
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