Content filtering devices abused for 65x DDoS amplification - BleepingComputer

Researchers have identified an alarming new trend in DDoS attacks that target middlebox devices to attain enormous 6,533% amplification levels. With such an amplification level, threat actors can launch catastrophic attacks with limited bandwidth/equipment.

Researchers have identified an alarming new trend in DDoS attacks that target packet inspection and content filtering devices to attain enormous 6,533% amplification levels. With such an amplificatio… [+3836 chars]

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