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Mirai Botnet Itself is Flawed; Hacking Back IoTs Could Mitigate DDoS Attacks

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The infamous botnet that was used in the recent massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against the popular DNS provider Dyn, causing vast internet outage last Friday, itself is flawed.

Yes, Mirai malware, which has already enslaved millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices across 164 countries, contains several vulnerabilities that might be used against it in order to destroy

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IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked to launch DDoS Attack

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The Internet of Things (IoTs) or Internet-connected devices are growing at an exponential rate and so are threats to them.

Due to the insecure implementation, these Internet-connected embedded devices, including Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Microwaves, S… Continue reading IoT Botnet — 25,000 CCTV Cameras Hacked to launch DDoS Attack→

DDoS Extortionists made $100,000 without Launching a Single Attack

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In Brief
Cyber crooks find a new and ingenious way to make hundreds of thousands of dollars with no effort.

An unknown cyber gang, pretending to be Armada Collective, has made more than $100,000 in less than two months simply by threatening to launch … Continue reading DDoS Extortionists made $100,000 without Launching a Single Attack→

Anti-DDoS Firm Staminus HACKED! Customers Data Leaked

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Staminus Communications – a California-based hosting and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection company – is recovering a massive data breach after hackers broke down into its servers and leaked personal and sensitive details of its customers.

Though the company acknowledged that there was a problem in a message posted to Twitter on Thursday morning, it did not specify a data

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