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