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New(ish) Mirai Spreader Poses New Risks

22

Feb

2017

A cross-platform win32-based Mirai spreader and botnet is in the wild and previously discussed publicly. However, there is much information confused together, as if an entirely new IoT bot is spreading to and from Windows devices. This is not the case. Instead, an accurate assessment is that a previously active Windows botnet is spreading a […]

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Massive Attack from New Leet Botnet Reaches 650 Gbps

29

Dec

2016

Just before Christmas, Imperva found its network under a massive DDoS assault that reached 650 Gbps (Gigabit per second), making it one of the largest known DDoS attacks on record. Powered by what Imperva is calling the Leet Botnet, the attack occurred on the morning of Dec. 21, and was delivered against several anycasted IPs on […]

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Competing hackers dampen the power of Mirai botnets

09

Nov

2016

The malware behind last month’s massive distributed denial-of-service attack in the U.S. appears to be losing its potency. Ironically, hackers are to blame for diluting its power. The malware known as Mirai — which is now available on the internet — has become a bit too popular in the hacking community, according to security firm Flashpoint. […]

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