SECURITYJun 3 · 19:08 UTCBLEEPING COMPUTERBill Toulas

New 'HTTP/2 Bomb' DoS attack crashes web servers in under a minute

A new denial-of-service (DoS) attack called HTTP/2 Bomb can crash web servers within seconds using a single machine. The attack exploits HTTP/2 protocol features to overwhelm servers rapidly.

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