Memcached Servers Can Be Hijacked For Massive DDoS Attacks
Posted onA flaw in the implementation of the UDP protocol for Memcached servers can allow anyone to launch a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack with little effort. The problem was first discovered by the 0kee Team from China, which published a paper about it (pdf). This past week, security researchers at content delivery network (CDN) specialist Cloudflare […]