Security News

Dyn DDoS Work of Script Kiddies, Not Politically Motivated Hackers (Threatpost)
2016-10-25 19:00

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday's DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers.

Chinese Manufacturer Recalls IOT Gear Following Dyn DDoS (Threatpost)
2016-10-24 18:46

Millions of IP-enabled cameras built on gear manufactured by Hangzhou Xiongmai of China is being recalled after DDoS attacks powered by compromised IOT devices took down a major DNS provider last week.

Dyn DDoS attack: The aftermath (Help Net Security)
2016-10-24 13:00

On October 21, New Hampshire-based Internet performance management company Dyn suffered the largest DDoS attack ever to be registered. The attacks – there were three, in relatively quick...