Day: October 25, 2016

Friday's IoT-based DDoS attack has security experts worried

The Friday cybersecurity attack using connected devices, or the internet of things, was serious, unusual, and even historic. It also is a taste of the disruptions to come, say security experts. The attack, which affected a number of major Web sites, reportedly used Internet-enabled cameras as a platform for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

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The only realistic plan to avoid DDoS disaster

Last Friday’s massive DDoS attack against Dyn.com and its DNS services slowed down or knocked out internet connectivity for millions of users for much of the day. Unfortunately, these sorts of attacks cannot be easily mitigated. We have to live with them for now. Huge DDoS attacks that take down entire sites can be accomplished for

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