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Corero Network Security says they have discovered a “kill switch” to counteract the Memcached vulnerability that recently fueled some of the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in...
Someone has just released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for amplification attack and a pre-compiled list of nearly 17,000 potential vulnerable Memcached servers on the Internet that could...
This is worrisome: DDoS vandals have long intensified their attacks by sending a small number of specially designed data packets to publicly available services. The services then unwittingly...
Groundbreaking Prosecution Targeted Attackers Who Demanded Bitcoin PayoffsIn a groundbreaking prosecution, two individuals in Ukraine have been sentenced for running extortion campaigns that...
The bar has been raised. As more amplified attacks were expected following the record-breaking 1.35 Tbps Github DDoS attack, someone has just set a new record after only four days — 1.7 Tbps DDoS...
GitHub Disrupted by 1.5 Tbps Onslaught as New DDoS Attack Type EmergesSay hello to a new type of DDoS attack: UDP amplification via internet-facing servers running memcached, an open source...
On Tuesday, 27 February, three major DDoS mitigation service providers (Akamai, Cloudflare and Arbor) warned that they had seen spikes in a relatively rare form of reflection/amplification DDoS...
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Automating out of the skill gap sinkhole When thinking about the bigger picture, information security leaders must aim...
This week's DDoS attack against GitHub is a harbinger of attacks to come that will use the highly effective memcached amplification technique, say experts.
On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, GitHub's code hosting website hit with the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that peaked at record 1.35 Tbps. Interestingly, attackers did...