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- Akamai has issued a warning about a security issue with the Unix printing system called CUPS.
- This vulnerability could allow hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks easily.
- Researchers found over 198,000 CUPS devices that are vulnerable and connected to the public internet.
- Approximately 58,000 of these devices could be exploited for DDoS attacks.
- Attackers only need to send one packet to trigger the attack, which can be done at a very low cost.
Read more at: The Register | Akamai Blog