Exploit can halt attacks from IoT devices Security researchers have discovered flaws in the Mirai botnet that might be used to mitigate against future attacks from the zombie network.…
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Researchers expose Mirai vuln that could be used to hack back against botnet
SOHOpeless CCTVs and video recorders It shouldn’t surprise anyone that closed circuit television (CCTV) rigs are becoming the world’s favourite botnet hosts: pretty much any time a security researcher looks at a camera, it turns out to be a buggy mess.…
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Hungarian bug-hunters spot 130,000 vulnerable Avtech vid systems on Shodan
Do try this at home – but carefully The SANS Institute is hoping sysadmins can help it to do what vendors won’t: improve Internet of Things security.…
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SANS issues call to arms to battle IoT botnets
Hacked low-powered cameras and internet-of-things things The world’s largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack has been clocked from the same network of 152,463 compromised low-powered cameras and internet-of-things devices which punted a media outlet off the internet.…
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152k cameras in 990Gbps record-breaking dual DDoS
Internet of Amazingly Insecure Tat? That’s the one The huge distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which wiped security journalist Brian Krebs’ website from the internet came from a million-device-strong Internet of Things botnet.…
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Security man Krebs’ website DDoS was powered by hacked Internet of Things botnet
600 Gbps traffic flood overwhelmed CDN Google has provided free distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) mitigation services to security publication Krebs on Security , stepping in after Akamai withdrew support.…
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Google rushes in where Akamai fears to tread, shields Krebs after world’s-worst DDoS
Cloud-based DDoS defences introduce delays Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can be painful and debilitating. How can you defend against them? Originally, out-of-band or scrubbing-centre DDoS protection was the only show in town, but another approach, inline mitigation, provides a viable and automatic alternative.…
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DDoS attacks: For the hell of it or targeted – how do you see them off?
There’s not much more than fine print between stress testing and DDoS-as-a-service Two Israeli men have been arrested for running a distributed-denial-of service-as-a-service site, after one seemingly claimed to attack the Pentagon.…
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Israeli Pentagon DDoSers explain their work, get busted by FBI
Proof-of-work turned to nefarious purposes, like taking down a Census A curious proof-of-work project built on cryptocurrency has emerged that offers a means to prove participation in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…
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Cops find 5000 stolen active credit cards at carder’s crib Darkode bot bandit Rory Stephen Guidry has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for selling a botnet containing 5000 enslaved machines, and stealing US$80,000 (£72,069, A$111,728) in Bitcoins and 5000 active credit cards.…
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