Security News

Mirai DDoS botnet powers up, infects Sierra Wireless gateways (ZDNet)
2016-10-17 11:06

Beware of all-powerful DDoS malware infecting cellular gateways, feds warn (ArsTechnica)
2016-10-14 20:08

A10 Networks extends its Thunder TPS line of DDoS mitigation appliances (ZDNet)
2016-10-13 16:23

IoT Botnet Uses HTTP Traffic to DDoS Targets (Threatpost)
2016-10-11 15:52

The IoT botnet behind the some of the largest publicly recorded DDoS attacks is flooding its targets with HTTP traffic in Layer 7 attacks.

Mirai IoT Botnet Not Only Contributor in Massive DDoS Attack: Akamai (SecurityWeek)
2016-10-06 16:37

53% of DDoS attacks result in additional compromise (Help Net Security)
2016-10-05 13:45

DDoS attack volume has remained consistently high and these attacks cause real damage to organizations, according to Neustar. The global response also affirms the prevalent use of DDoS attacks to...

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.

IoT Botnets Are The New Normal of DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2016-10-05 12:51

DVR’s, IP-enabled cameras, home cable equipment and many other IOT connected devices are that latest in potent DDoS tools available to attackers.

IoT DDoS Code Shared Online (October 2 3, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-10-04 19:22

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...