Plex Media Servers Used to Amplify DDoS Threats
Get Permission Researchers with NetScouts Atlas Security Engineering and Response Team are warning that attackers are abusing certain versions of the Plex media server app to strengthen and amplify various DDoS attacks. The NetScout researchers believe that about 27,000 Plex media servers are vulnerable to the type of DDoS amplification attacks described in a new report. The Plex media server application works with Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems and normally lets users share video ...
Brandon Hoffman Attacksakshaya Asokan Roland Dobbins Jack Mannino Response Team Plex Media Simple Service Discovery Protocol
Source: govinfosecurity.com