Cavalry Riding to the Rescue of DDoS-deluged Memcached Users

Posted: 03/20/2018 | Leave a Comment

DDoS attacks taking advantage of ill-advised use of memcached have begun to decline, either because sysadmins are securing the process, or because people are using a potentially-troublesome “kill switch.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/12/memcached_cavalry_spotted_on_the_horizon/

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