Security News

Mirai Vulnerability Disclosed, But Exploits May Constitute Hacking Back (Threatpost)
2016-10-28 18:17

A buffer overflow found in the Mirai botnet could eliminate its ability to carry out HTTP flood attacks. But exploiting that vulnerability puts defenders in a gray area with regard to hacking back.

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.