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Get Permission Researchers with NetScout's 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 and other media with other devices. The application can also connect with other devices. such as ne...

Plex Media Has a Big Security Flaw Share Filed to:computer networking Photo: Nicolas Asfouri, Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Plex Media might be best known as the streaming service suited for creating custom TV channels, but it turns out those servers can be abused for more nefarious purposes. On Thursday, the cybersecurity firm Netscout reported that the same cus...

ExtremeTech Plex Media Servers Being Used to Amplify DDoS Attacks By Ryan Whitwam on February 5, 2021 at 1:04 pm This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A new network security issue is causing headaches for the victims of DDoS attacks. According to security firm Netscout, several DDoS services have found a way to use Plex Media Servers to amplify the junk traffic they fire off toward targets during attacks. The researchers claim that a Plex server, properly utilized, can increase the size of DDoS packets by almost five times, makin...

Plex Media servers actively abused to amplify DDoS attacks By 10:54 AM Plex Media Server systems are actively being abused by DDoS-for-hire services as a UDP reflection/amplification vector in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Plex Media Server provides users with a streaming system compatible with the Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD platforms, as well as network-attached storage (NAS) devices, Docker containers, and more. Netscout says that amplified PMSSDP DDoS attacks observed since November 2020 have been abusing UDP/32414 SSDP HTTP/U responses from exposed broadband Inter...

26 January 2021, 7:20 pm EST By Plex Arcade with 27 Atari Games Launched via Subscription: How to Subscribe, Requirements, and More  ( Screenshot From Plex YouTube ) Plex is quite popular for its service when it comes to streaming movies, TV shows, and even music from the user's own computer. The popular service is now adding something that could make it even more popular, streaming games! Plex Atari Classic arcade games According to Protocol, Plex has just announc...