Security News > 2016 > October > Mirai “internet of things” malware from Krebs DDoS attack goes open source (Naked Security)

2016-10-05 13:08
Seems that the recent mega-DDoS against cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs came from insecure routers, cameras, even printers.
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