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Reflection Amplification

Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1498.002

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1498.002",
  "title": "Reflection Amplification",
  "type": "Subtechnique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1498/002",
  "snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
  "status": "active",
  "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
  "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
  "stix_id": "attack-pattern--36b2a1d7-e09e-49bf-b45e-477076c2ec01",
  "external_id": "T1498.002",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-03-02T20:08:03.691Z",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T17:48:38.890Z",
  "version": "1.4",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "impact"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Cisco DoSdetectNetflow",
      "url": "https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/netflow/configuration/15-mt/nf-15-mt-book/nf-detct-analy-thrts.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cloudflare DNSamplficationDoS",
      "url": "https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/dns-amplification-ddos-attack/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cloudflare NTPamplifciationDoS",
      "url": "https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/ntp-amplification-ddos-attack/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cloudflare ReflectionDoS May 2017",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/reflections-on-reflections/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cloudflare Memcrashed Feb 2018",
      "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Arbor AnnualDoSreport Jan 2018",
      "url": "https://pages.arbornetworks.com/rs/082-KNA-087/images/13th_Worldwide_Infrastructure_Security_Report.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (2)

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ATTACK:enterprise:M1037 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1498.002

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2f47b6cb-a378-492d-9565-e9ebbca68908

CERT-EU DDoS March 2017

ATTACK:enterprise:T1498.002 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1498

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5366199a-400d-49de-96fb-ea393d5f770a

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