Security News > 2015 > August > Reflection DDoS Attacks Abusing RPC Portmapper (Threatpost)
2015-08-18 14:00
Level 3 Communications has discovered a new type of reflection DDoS attack that takes advantage of RPC Portmapper to overwhelm networking services.
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http://threatpost.com/reflection-ddos-attacks-abusing-rpc-portmapper/114318
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