Security News

Hacktivist crew claims it launched last week's DDoS mega-attack (The Register)

2016-10-24 11:21

#attack #ddos #hacktivist

Mirai Botnets Used for DDoS Attacks on Dyn (SecurityWeek)

2016-10-24 08:51

#attack #botnet #ddos #mirai #securityweek

Week in review: DNS DDoS, Linux kernel zero-day, VeraCrypt audited (Help Net Security)

2016-10-23 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Dirty COW Linux kernel zero-day exploited in the wild is now patched Linux developer Phil Oester has spotted...

#linux #DNS #ddos #zeroday #kernel #security

DDoS Attacks against Dyn (Schneier on Security)

2016-10-22 13:47

Yesterday's DDoS attacks against Dyn are being reported everywhere. I have received a gazillion press requests, but I am traveling in Australia and Asia and have had to decline most of them....

#attack #ddos #security

Mirai-Fueled IoT Botnet Behind DDoS Attacks on DNS Providers (Threatpost)

2016-10-22 10:00

Ten percent of the 550,000 IoT nodes in the Mirai botnet are involved in ongoing DDoS attacks against DNS provider Dyn and others.

#attack #botnet #ddos #DNS #IOT #mirai #threatpost

Major US DNS provider hit with DDoS, part of the Internet becomes unreachable (Help Net Security)

2016-10-21 23:20

US-based DNS provider Dyn has suffered a massive DDoS attack earlier today, and it resulted in many websites being completely or intermittently inaccessible for a few hours. According to status...

#US #DNS #ddos #internet #security