Security News

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: 5 takeaways on what we know and why it matters (TechRepublic)
2016-10-24 16:06

How to defend against the internet's doomsday of DDoS attacks (ZDNet)
2016-10-24 15:51

Chinese firm recalls webcams over botnet DDoS woes (The Register)
2016-10-24 14:36

How a DDoS Cyberattack Caused Widespread Internet Outage (Yahoo Security)
2016-10-24 13:36

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...

Hacktivist crew claims it launched last week's DDoS mega-attack (The Register)
2016-10-24 11:21

Mirai Botnets Used for DDoS Attacks on Dyn (SecurityWeek)
2016-10-24 08:51

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...

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....