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Mar 2018
17m 53s

A Memcrash kill-switch. Shadow Brokers' ...

N2K Networks
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In today's podcast, we hear that a kill-switch for Memcrash may have been found (and Memcrash may be dangerous for other purposes than denial-of-service). Researchers in Hungary take a look at the Shadow Brokers' dumps and speculate about the purpose of the "Territorial Dispute" module. The Dutch Tax Authority sustained another DDoS attack last night. India' ... Show More
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