Before Mirai came into the public eye, the FBI was working on a case involving two teens running a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS. Two young Israeli men were using the massive vDOS botnet to offer a booter service, aimed at helping gamers knock … [Read more...] about vDoS Booter Service and the Attack against Brian Krebs
DDoS Case Studies
DDoS Case Study: Ababil, the Longest Cyber Attack in History
Operation Ababil began on September 18th, 2012 and continues to this day. It is the longest continuous cyber attack in history, comprised of multiple different waves and phases utilizing a variety of DDoS attack types. They were launched by the Cyber … [Read more...] about DDoS Case Study: Ababil, the Longest Cyber Attack in History
DDoS Case Study: Phil Nagy and the Winning Poker Network
Just As Phil Nagy, the founder of the Winning Poker Network and American Cardroom, was holding a big tournament last summer, his network was struck by a powerful denial-of-service attack, which forced Nagy into postponing or scrapping various events. … [Read more...] about DDoS Case Study: Phil Nagy and the Winning Poker Network
The Men Behind Mirai
Last month, three men pleaded guilty to creating the Mirai botnet, in which hundreds of thousands of connected digital video records, routers and cameras were used to launch a massive DDoS attack against the domain name services company, Dyn for an … [Read more...] about The Men Behind Mirai
IoT Case Study 2: Reaper
The mammoth botnet of 2017 was “Reaper”, also known as “IoT Troop”, which compared to its parallel of 2016, “Mirai”, looks set to have a considerably larger impact and is significantly more complicated. Looking back, the Mirai botnet seems … [Read more...] about IoT Case Study 2: Reaper
IoT Case Study 1: Mirai – Target: Dyn
The one year anniversary for one of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded took place a few months ago. On October 21, 2016, domain name service provider Dyn was hit by three massive and sophisticated DDoS attacks against its entire managed DNS … [Read more...] about IoT Case Study 1: Mirai – Target: Dyn