Security News > 2019 > April > Large-scale DDoS Attack Abuses HTML's Hyperlink Audit Ping Facility
2019-04-15 10:05
A new type of DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature has been detected following a major attack emanating from primarily Chinese-speaking mobile users of the QQBrowser. read more
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