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Attacker builds malware variant with leaked Mirai source code

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By Sudais Asif
The source code of Mirai was leaked in September 2016, on the hacking community Hackforums.
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ThreatList: Latest DDoS Trends by the Numbers

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Trends in DDoS attacks show a evolution beyond Mirai code and point to next-gen botnets that are better hidden and have a greater level of persistence on devices – making them “far more dangerous.” Continue reading ThreatList: Latest DDoS Trends by the Numbers→

Hadoop YARN: An Assessment of the Attack Surface and Its Exploits

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TL;DR Rate of Hadoop YARN exploits is slowing but still at a concerning 350,000 events per day 1065 servers are exposed and vulnerable The geographic spread of vulnerable servers and the targets of the attacks is global and concentrated in regions wit… Continue reading Hadoop YARN: An Assessment of the Attack Surface and Its Exploits→