Category Archives: Dyn DDoS

New Charges, Sentencing in Satori IoT Botnet Conspiracy

Posted on by

The U.S. Justice Department today criminally charged a Canadian and a Northern Ireland man for allegedly conspiring to build multiple botnets that enslaved hundreds of thousands of routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. In addition, a defendant in the United States was sentenced to drug treatment and 18 months community confinement for his admitted role in the conspiracy. Continue reading New Charges, Sentencing in Satori IoT Botnet Conspiracy→

‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty

Posted on by

A 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash. has pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges tied to his role in operating the “Satori” botnet, a crime machine powered by hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that was built to conduct massive denial-of-service attacks targeting Internet service providers, online gaming platforms and Web hosting companies. Continue reading ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty→

Huawei Router Vulnerability Used to Spread Mirai Variant

Posted on by

Researchers have identified a vulnerability in a Huawei home router model that is being exploited by an adversary to spread a variant of the Mirai malware called Okiku, also known as Satori. Continue reading Huawei Router Vulnerability Used to Spread Mirai Variant→

‘Operation Tarpit’ Targets Customers of Online Attack-for-Hire Services

Posted on by

Federal investigators in the United States and Europe last week arrested nearly three-dozen people suspected of patronizing so-called “booter” services that can be hired to knock targeted Web sites offline. The global crackdown is part of an effort by authorities to weaken demand for these services by impressing upon customers that hiring someone to launch cyberattacks on your behalf can land you in jail. Continue reading ‘Operation Tarpit’ Targets Customers of Online Attack-for-Hire Services→

Mirai Vulnerability Disclosed, But Exploits May Constitute Hacking Back

Posted on by

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. Continue reading Mirai Vulnerability Disclosed, But Exploits May Constitute Hacking Back→

The Dyn DNS DDoS That Killed Half The Internet

Posted on by

Last week the Dyn DNS DDoS took out most of the East coast US websites including monsters like Spotify, Twitter, Netflix, Github, Heroku and many more. Hopefully it wasn’t because I shared the Mirai source code and some script kiddies got hold of it and decided to talk half of the US websites out. A […]

The post The Dyn DNS DDoS That Killed…

Read the full post at darknet.org.uk

Continue reading The Dyn DNS DDoS That Killed Half The Internet→

Dyn DDoS Work of Script Kiddies, Not Politically Motivated Hackers

Posted on by

Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday’s DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers. Continue reading Dyn DDoS Work of Script Kiddies, Not Politically Motivated Hackers→