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A new type of DDoS attack can amplify attack strength by more than 15,300%

2019-09-18 16:26

By abusing a little-known multicast protocol, attackers can launch DDoS attacks of immense power, but there may be an easy fix.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-new-type-of-ddos-attack-can-amplify-attack-strength-by-more-than-15300/#ftag=RSS56d97e7

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