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For almost three months, Internet-of-things botnets built by software called Mirai have been a driving force behind a new breed of attacks so powerful they threaten
Tag: distributed denial of service attack
Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours following what was believed to be a record 620 gigabit-per-second denial of service attack brought on by an ensemble o
Welcome to the Internet of things, where security is lax or altogether nonexistent.
One of the Internet’s oldest and crudest attacks experiences a resurgence.