Corero network security discovers a âkill switchâ for memcached DDoS attacks and also reveals memcached exploit can be used to steal or corrupt data Memcached DDoS attacks made the headlines due to the magnitude observed in recent offensives. While two PoC exploits for Memcached DDoS attacks have been released online, experts at security firm Corero Network announced […]
Memcached DDoS attacks – A few days after the disclosure of the Worldâs largest DDoS attack record that peaked a 1.7Tbps, two PoC exploits code for Memcached amplification attacks have been released online. The technique behind Memcached DDoS attacks, is one of the coolest topics in cybersecurity at this moment. Worldâs largest DDoS attack record lasted […]
On February 28, 2018, the popular GitHub’s code hosting website was hit by the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 1.35 Tbps On February 28, 2018, the popular GitHub’s code hosting website was hit by the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The DDoS attack peaked at record 1.35 Tbps […]
Security experts started observing a dangerous trend in DDoS amplification technique, Memcached DDoS Attacks. Security experts from some security firms have reported that threat actors have started abusing the memcached protocol to power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Attacks, so-called memcached DDoS attacks. Memcached is a free and open source, high-performance, distributed memory caching system designed to speed […]