#LoopDoS

Some 300,000 IPs vulnerable to this Loop DoS attack

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March 24, 2024 at 02:47PM Up to 300,000 servers/devices on the internet are vulnerable to a recently disclosed Loop Denial-of-Service technique, impacting UDP-based services such as TFTP, DNS, and NTP. The attack, disclosed by researchers in Germany, creates an infinite loop of error messages between servers. The method has not been exploited in the field … Read more

New ‘Loop DoS’ Attack Impacts Hundreds of Thousands of Systems

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March 20, 2024 at 11:36AM A new DoS attack vector, dubbed Loop DoS attacks, targets UDP-based application-layer protocols, leading to reflected DoS attacks. Researchers discovered that certain UDP protocol implementations can be weaponized, creating self-perpetuating attack loops. Potentially impacting around 300,000 hosts and networks, the attack has been flagged as trivial to exploit. Multiple products … Read more