How Criminals Hijack Printers and Routers to Launch DDoS Attacks

www.prolexic.com | A growing trend in cyber attacks are distributed reflection denial of service (DrDos) which leverage IP-based devices such as printers and routers. By taking advantage of the functionality of the SNMP, NTP and CHARGEN protocols, attackers can turn mild-mannered network devices into malicious attacking bots. Learn more about this threat in this podcast. (2:31)