Corero Issues a “Kill Switch” Against MemCaching DDoS Attacks

Researchers at DDoS protection firm Corero Network Security have released a post stating that the memcached amplification attacks that hit GitHub and other networks over the last week with the largest ever DDoS attacks can be disarmed with a practical “kill switch”. Corero says its kill switch issues a “flush all” command to the attacking … Continue reading Corero Issues a “Kill Switch” Against MemCaching DDoS Attacks