Last May, security firm Imperva wrote a blog post discussing a new proof of concept for bypassing DDoS mitigation after discovering reflected network protocols appearing on non-standard network ports. Imperva was able to replicate the same behavior using a technique called UPnP Port Masking, which uses the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Protocol to alter the source port of commonly abused network protocols in DDoS attacks. Multiple news outlets picked up on Imperva’s research and … More ? The post Why you shouldn’t be worried about UPnP port masking appeared first on Help Net Security .

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Why you shouldn’t be worried about UPnP port masking