Collaborate Disseminate
A massive and sustained Internet attack that has caused outages and network congestion today for a large number of Web sites was launched with the help of hacked “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices, such as CCTV video cameras and digital video recorders, new data suggests. Continue reading Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage
A massive and sustained Internet attack that has caused outages and network congestion today for a large number of Web sites was launched with the help of hacked “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices, such as CCTV video cameras and digital video recorders, new data suggests. Continue reading Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage
An army of hacked Internet of Things devices could be one of the reasons why your internet sucks today. Continue reading Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today
Early today, some party unleashed a massive DDoS attack against Dyn, a major DNS host. This led to a number of websites being completely inaccessible. DNS is the backbone of the Internet. It is the phone book that turns URLs into IP addresses. Without it, the Internet still works, but you won’t be able to find anything.
Over the past few months, security professionals have suggested — in as responsible terms as possible — that something big could happen. In early September [Bruce Schneier] wrote, Someone Is Learning How To Take Down The Internet. The implication of this very general …read more
The dangers of Skyping and typing, the fingerprint warrant story, hiding credit card numbers in images, and more are discussed.
Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, October 21, 2016
A cyberattack on a company called Dyn caused massive DNS outages all over the East Coast and beyond on Friday. Continue reading Twitter, Reddit, Spotify Were Collateral Damage In Major Internet Attack
DNS providers Dyn suffered a DDoS attack this morning that affected many of its major customers including Twitter, Spotify, Github and others. Services have been restored as of 9:36 a.m. today. Continue reading Dyn Confirms DDoS Attack Affecting Twitter, Github, Many Others
Criminals this morning massively attacked Dyn, a company that provides core Internet services for Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Reddit and a host of other sites, causing outages and slowness for many of Dyn’s customers. Continue reading DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit
Criminals this morning massively attacked Dyn, a company that provides core Internet services for Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Reddit and a host of other sites, causing outages and slowness for many of Dyn’s customers. Continue reading DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit
Last week, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how BackConnect Inc. — a company that defends victims against large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks — admitted to hijacking hundreds of Internet addresses from a European Internet service provider in order to glean information about attackers who were targeting BackConnect. According to an exhaustive analysis of historic Internet records, the BackConnect appears to have a history of such “hacking back” activity. Continue reading DDoS Mitigation Firm Has History of Hijacks
