4,200 vulnerable D/TLS servers that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks by 37 times spotted by researchers

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Citrix has updated its Netscaler ADCs and advises customers to upgrade

Researchers at DDoS mitigation provider Netscout say they have identified 4,283 publicly reachable servers that can be abused by cyber criminals to launch D/TLS reflection/amplification DDoS attack...

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