Collaborate Disseminate
Attackers have developed techniques that exploit the DNS’ infrastructure weaknesses. But what makes DNS such an attractive attack vector?
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that an unnamed defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with a cyberattack that rocked the internet in 2016. The October 2016 distributed denial-of-service attack affected Dyn, an internet infrastructure company, before rippling out to cause outages for sites including Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, AirBnb and Reddit, among others. DDoS attacks typically occur when attackers access a network of hacked computers, then direct those connections to a single point on the web, overwhelming the target with traffic and knocking it offline. In this case, the defendant in question conspired with others in September and October 2016 to leverage an offshoot of an army of hackers computers known as the Mirai botnet, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The malicious tool relied on connected video cameras, recorders and other devices to carry out the incident. Authorities withheld the name of the defendant because they were a […]
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I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Mirai-alike Python Scanner“: Last week, I found an interesting Python script that behaves like a Mirai bot. It scans for vulnerable devices exposing their telnet (TCP/23) interface in the wild, then tries to connect using a dictionary of credentials. The script has been uploaded to
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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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Botnets and IoT devices are forming a perfect storm for IT staff wrestling with WFH employee security. Continue reading The Network Perimeter: This Time, It’s Personal
Mozi’s spike comes amid a huge increase in overall IoT botnet activity. Continue reading Mozi Botnet Accounts for Majority of IoT Traffic
Black Hat 2020 session discusses how high-wattage connected devices like dishwashers and heating systems can be recruited into botnets and used to manipulate energy markets. Continue reading Black Hat 2020: Using Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets for Big Profits
Kenneth Schuchman, the creator of the massive Satori botnet of enslaved devices, will be spending 13 months behind bars. Continue reading Satori IoT botnet author sentenced to 13 months in prison
The creator of the Satori/Okiru, Masuta and Tsunami/Fbot botnets has been sentenced to prison for compromising hundreds of thousands of devices. Continue reading Satori Botnet Creator Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison
A Vancouver man received a federal prison sentence for his involvement in developing several distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. On June 25, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced that Chief U.S. District Judge … Continue reading Vancouver Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Developing DDoS Botnets