What is Memached Memcached is a free and open source memory caching system which is using RAM to store small amounts of data objects(less than 1MB each) reducing database load significantly. Memcached Exploit Memcached versions before 1.5.6 had been exploited so misconfigured memcached servers could be used to start DDoS attacks. Attack was first reported by Cloudflare on Tuesday the 27th of February 2018 after noticing a significant increase in the number of DDoS attacks using UDP … [Read more...] about Recent Memcached Exploit can lead to a DDoS Attack
How to prevent your WordPress website from being hacked
There’s no escaping the fact that thousands of websites get hacked every day. Many hacks go by without notice and with the problem rectified before any serious harm is done, while some security breaches hit the world’s largest corporations, creating PR disasters and lengthy periods of downtime. If your WordPress website gets hacked, you’ll not only lose an invaluable channel for new business; Google may also remove it entirely from their index. Google blacklists over 30,000 hacked … [Read more...] about How to prevent your WordPress website from being hacked