According to new research by Recorded Future, Inc., a security company that specializes in machine-based threat intelligence, a new IoT botnet has been detected as the culprit behind a series of DDoS attacks on financial services companies earlier … [Read more...] about Researchers Detect New Iot Botnet DDoS Attacks
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Hackable IoT Cameras: DDoS Attacks are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Hacking a CCTV camera is worryingly easy. Many such devices have poor security practices with default passwords and remote access enabled from installation. The bandwidth of vulnerable IP cameras can easily be put into service as part of a botnet … [Read more...] about Hackable IoT Cameras: DDoS Attacks are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Last Decade in DDoS
DDoS attacks have seen a huge explosion in size and scale over the last decade. The last three years alone have seen the largest DDoS attack in history milestone be repeatedly knocked down. One of the most interesting of these in terms of politics … [Read more...] about The Last Decade in DDoS
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
The Evolving DDoS Landscape, According to Fastly
Fastly recently published its end-of-year post looking at the evolving DDoS landscape. Fastly has scaled rapidly since its founding in 2011 as a CDN into an edge cloud platform serving more than 10% of all Internet requests worldwide, putting it … [Read more...] about The Evolving DDoS Landscape, According to Fastly