DDoS attack leveraging WSD protocol amplified attack strength by 'more than 15,300 per cent'
Attack generated 35Gbps of junk traffic at peak bandwidth
Security researchers have recently witnessed a massive DDoS attack abusing WS-Discovery protocol.
Security researchers from Akamai said they recently witnessed a massive DDoS attack abusing a UDP amplification tool known as WS-Discovery. WS-Discovery (Web Services Dynamic Discovery or WSD) is a...
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