Security News

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.

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...

Source Code Released for Mirai DDoS Malware (Threatpost)
2016-10-03 14:58

An attacker known as Anna-senpai released source code for the Mirai malware, which was used in a 620 Gbps DDoS attack against Krebs on Security.

Mirai Linux Trojan corrals IoT devices into DDoS botnets (Help Net Security)
2016-09-07 13:30

Mirai, a newly discovered and still poorly detected piece of Linux malware, is being used to rope IoT devices into DDoS botnets. Researchers from MalwareMustDie have recently gotten their hands on...