Probation, comm service for poachers turned gamekeepers The three brains behind the Mirai malware, which infects and pressgangs Internet-of-Things devices into a botnet army, have avoided jail.…
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No, the Mirai botnet masters aren’t going to jail. Why? ‘Cos they help Feds nab cyber-crims
Also: Belarus barely brushes botnet builder’s bankroll Another week has come and gone. This one included some Fortnite flaws , a nasty Intel bug , and a voting machine maker whining about hacking contests.…
Researchers say pentesting software being used for botnets Cisco Talos says criminals are using one research company’s testing tools to set up and run botnets.…
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Cisco smells a RAT in Breaking Security’s Remcos PC wrangler
He’ll almost certainly get more than a three-hour tour after DDoS strike on medics A self-styled Anonymous hacker who attempted to flee the US in a sailboat has been convicted of two felonies for his role in a 2014 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a children’s hospital.…
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Castaway hacker guilty of sedating children’s hospital computers
It could happen, warns researcher BSides Tel Aviv Blockchain technologies might be abused to create a takedown-resistant infrastructure for botnets.…
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Hot new application for blockchain: How does botnet control sound?
And why serial self-promoter John McAfee is a security expert on Russian hacking Senate Democrats are pressing government officials to explain their claims on election tampering and cyberattacks.…
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US senators get digging to find out the truth about FCC DDoS attack
Some security bites for the long weekend Roundup While this week was dominated by news of a new Spectre variant , the VPNFilter botnet , and TalkTalk’s badbad routersrouters , plenty of other stories popped up.…
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Starbucks site slurped, Z-Wave locks clocked, mad Mac Monero mining malware and much more
Feds warn admins malware is rather tough to destroy The FBI says it is taking steps to stop the spread of the VPNFilter malware and botnet, warning that it’s a national security issue.…
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FBI agents take aim at VPNFilter botnet, point finger at Russia, yell ‘national security threat’
DDoS launchers increasingly target application processes instead of flooding networks Attackers have noticed that the world is getting better at fending off massive distributed denial-of-service attacks, and are trying to overwhelm application processes instead.…
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Summoners of web tsunamis have moved to layer 7, says Cloudflare
Before it amplifies DDoS attacks Universal Plug ‘n’ Play, that eternal feast of the black-hat, has been identified as helping to amplify denial-of-service attacks.…
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UPnP joins the ‘just turn it off on consumer devices, already’ club