Twitter, Amazon, Spotify and Reddit were among a large group of major websites that suffered significant outages on October 21 as a result of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on DNS (Domain Name Service) hosting provider, Dyn. The attack was made possible by enormous clusters of hacked IoT devices like DVRs and cameras. It’s been reported that tens of millions of IP … [Read more...]
Source Code for IoT Device Malware Behind Record DDoS Attacks Publicly Released
The source code responsible for creating the botnets that launched recent record-breaking DDoS attacks against cybersecurity news site Krebs on Security and French server hosting firm OVH have been released publically. The code, which its creator has named “Mirai," was released on Friday on Hackforums, and reported on by Brian Krebs and many other cybersecurity news … [Read more...]
Fake DDoS Extortion – Daily Security Byte EP. 255
Between ransomware and DDoS attacks, extortion is a growing business for cyber criminals. However, you can't trust criminals to deliver what they promise. Watch Monday's Byte video to learn why you may not have to worry about the latest DDoS extortion emails. (Episode Runtime: 2:22) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXAvFUoILXk EPISODE REFERENCES: Blog … [Read more...]
Oracle and Cisco Patches – Daily Security Byte EP. 251
In today's quick Security Byte video, I cover the Oracle and Cisco patches that have come out over the past few days. If you use products from either company, watch the video for highlights, and check the links below. (Episode Runtime: 2:20) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIc7UrapLus EPISODE REFERENCES: Oracle CPU advisory for April 2016 - Oracle … [Read more...]
Attacker DDoSes the Internet – Daily Security Byte EP. 190
Can hackers knock out the Internet? Probably not, but it look like attackers tried to disrupt DNS recent by launching a distributed denial of service attack against the root DNS servers. Watch today's video to learn how the IT community can make it harder for attackers to launch reflected attacks. (Episode Runtime: 4:04) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]