Brace yourselves—source code powering potent IoT DDoSes just went public
Release could allow smaller and more disciplined Mirai botnet to go mainstream. Continue reading Brace yourselves—source code powering potent IoT DDoSes just went public
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Source Code for IoT Botnet ‘Mirai’ Released
The source code that powers the “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet responsible for launching the historically large distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against KrebsOnSecurity last month has been publicly released, virtually guaranteeing that the Internet will soon be flooded with attacks from many new botnets powered by insecure routers, IP cameras, DVRs and other easily hackable IoT devices. Continue reading Source Code for IoT Botnet ‘Mirai’ Released