memcached on port 11211 UDP & TCP being exploited

  TLP:WHITE UPDATE: As of 2018-03-17 ( Morning Update), more attack using the memcached reflection vector have been unleashed on the Internet. As shared by  Akamai Technologies “memcached-fueled 1.3 Tbps Attacks,” the application factors are “Internet Impacting.” Mitigation and Remediation Efforts are reducing the number of potential memcached reflectors. Please keep up the good work. Operators are asked Read More

Operator’s Security Toolkit

It is time for a refresh of the SP Security materials used by many over the years. Back in 2002, several people in the emerging “Service Provider Security” field pulled together a list of top practices every Operator should deploy. These “NSP-SEC Top 10” techniques became the foundation of our toolkit that is used daily