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DDos On Dyn Used Malicious TCP, UDP Traffic

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Oct

2016

Domain Name Service (DNS) provider Dyn provided new details about the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Oct. 21 it suffered that disrupted major websites including Okta, CNN, Pinterest, Reddit, and Twitter, and confirmed that the infamous Mirai botnet was the main culprit. Scott Hilton, executive vice president of product for Dyn, in a blog […]

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Twitter Disrupted by DDoS Attack

26

Oct

2016

Twitter, GitHub and several other major websites are inaccessible for many users due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Managed DNS infrastructure of cloud-based Internet performance management company Dyn.

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Webcam firm recalls hackable devices after mighty Mirai botnet attack

25

Oct

2016

Chinese electronic firm Hangzhou XiongMai (XM) says it will recall some of its IoT devices, including webcams, after claims that they were widely exploited by malicious hackers that launched a massive denial-of-service attack on Friday October 21st. The distributed denial-of-service attack targeted domain name service Dyn, who confirmed this weekend in a statement that it […]

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