Exploited Memcached Servers Lead to Record-Setting 1.3Tbps DDoS Attack
ATT&CK techniques detected
T1498Network Denial of Service
87%
"exploited memcached servers lead to record - setting 1. 3tbps ddos attack the security community was just taking a breather because we hadn ’ t seen a massive ddos attack since the mirai thingbot took down dyn in october 2016 with a 1. 2 terabit per second ddos attack. yesterday,…"
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T1498.001Direct Network Flood
70%
"exploited memcached servers lead to record - setting 1. 3tbps ddos attack the security community was just taking a breather because we hadn ’ t seen a massive ddos attack since the mirai thingbot took down dyn in october 2016 with a 1. 2 terabit per second ddos attack. yesterday,…"
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T1499Endpoint Denial of Service
46%
"exploited memcached servers lead to record - setting 1. 3tbps ddos attack the security community was just taking a breather because we hadn ’ t seen a massive ddos attack since the mirai thingbot took down dyn in october 2016 with a 1. 2 terabit per second ddos attack. yesterday,…"
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Summary
Memcached is just one of many application infrastructure systems that could launch the same types of attacks if they were also misconfigured.