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Origin of the beasties: Mirai botnet missing link revealed as DVR player

CCTV cameras? You’ve been looking in the wrong place Security researchers have discovered a “missing link” in the Mirai botnet that may prompt a rethink in what makes up the zombie network.…

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Origin of the beasties: Mirai botnet missing link revealed as DVR player

Researchers expose Mirai vuln that could be used to hack back against botnet

Exploit can halt attacks from IoT devices Security researchers have discovered flaws in the Mirai botnet that might be used to mitigate against future attacks from the zombie network.…

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Source code unleashed for junk-blasting Internet of Things botnet

Hackforums leak Malicious code used to press-gang IoT connected devices into a botnet was leaked online over the weekend.…

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US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline

Alleged cyber-crims unleashed 140Gbps of duff packets at networks The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged seven Iranian hackers over a string of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against banks.…

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US charges Iranians with hacking into an NY dam, blasting banks offline

DDoS protection biz Incapsula knackers its customers’ websites

An unwelcome PITSTOP Glitches at distributed denial-of-service mitigation biz Incapsula left the websites it defends offline twice on Thursday.…

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Cyber-crooks now prefer ransomware to botnets. Yep, firms are paying up

CryptoWall most prevalent nasty – survey File-encrypting ransomware has eclipsed botnets to become the main threat to enterprises, according to Trend Micro.…

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Cyber-crooks now prefer ransomware to botnets. Yep, firms are paying up

Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies

Reverse proxying traffic might save headaches Google has launched a free service to protect news websites against DDoS attacks.…

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Google punts freebie DDoS shield to hacks, human rights worthies