# New Warning: CUPS Bug Could Lead to Easy DDoS Attacks! 🚨

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/new-warning-cups-bug-could-lead-to-easy-ddos-attacks/292811>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** hacking\
**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-warning-cups-bug-could-lead-to-easy-ddos-attacks/292811 "2024-10-05T18:22:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-warning-cups-bug-could-lead-to-easy-ddos-attacks/292811/1 "2024-10-05T18:22:48Z")

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Here’s a rephrased summary of the news article you provided, following your guidelines:

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Summary:

1. Akamai has issued a warning about a security issue with the Unix printing system called CUPS.
2. This vulnerability could allow hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks easily.
3. Researchers found over 198,000 CUPS devices that are vulnerable and connected to the public internet.
4. Approximately 58,000 of these devices could be exploited for DDoS attacks.
5. 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](https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/cups_linux_rce_disclosed/) | [Akamai Blog](https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/october-cups-ddos-threat)