New Loop DoS Attack Threatens Hundreds of Thousands of Systems

By Waqas CISPA Researchers Unveil 'Loop DoS' Attack: A New Frontier in Denial-of-Service Tactics! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Loop DoS Attack Threatens Hundreds of Thousands of Systems...

New 'Loop DoS' Attack Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of Systems

A novel denial-of-service DoS attack vector has been found to target application-layer protocols based on User Datagram Protocol UDP, putting hundreds of thousands of hosts likely at risk. Called Loop DoS attacks, the approach pairs "servers of these protocols in such a way that they communicate...