Security News > 2016 > October > Leaked: Source code for Mirai IoT DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-10-03 15:02
IoT-powered DDoS attacks are on the rise, and the situation is poised to become even worse now that the source code for the Mirai malware has been made public. Reporter Brian Krebs, whose website has recently been bombarded with a huge DDoS attack by botnets created with the Mirai and Bashlite malware, spotted a post on hacking community Hackforums by a user named “Anna-senpai” offering the code. “When I first go in DDoS industry, I … More →
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