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Large botnet of CCTV devices knock the snot out of jewelry website | Ars Technica - 0 views

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shared by Ian Forrester on 28 Jun 16 - No Cached

Ian Forrester on 28 Jun 16

"Researchers have encountered a denial-of-service botnet that's made up of more than 25,000 Internet-connected closed circuit TV devices."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Researchers have encountered a denial-of-service botnet that's made up of more than 25,000 Internet-connected closed circuit TV devices."</div>

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Your refrigerator probably hasn't joined a botnet - Boing Boing - 0 views

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shared by Ian Forrester on 20 Jan 15 - No Cached

Ian Forrester on 20 Jan 15

A mediagenic press-release from Proofpoint, a security firm, announced that its researchers had discovered a 100,000-device-strong botnet made up of hacked "Internet of Things" appliances, such as refrigerators

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A mediagenic press-release from Proofpoint, a security firm, announced that its researchers had discovered a 100,000-device-strong botnet made up of hacked "Internet of Things" appliances, such as refrigerators</div>

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Record-breaking DDoS reportedly delivered by >145k hacked cameras | Ars Technica - 0 views

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shared by Ian Forrester on 02 Oct 16 - No Cached

Ian Forrester on 02 Oct 16

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 of routers, security cameras, or other so-called Internet of Things devices. Now, there's word of a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at a staggering 1.1 terabits per second, more than 60 percent bigger.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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 of routers, security cameras, or other so-called Internet of Things devices. Now, there's word of a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at a staggering 1.1 terabits per second, more than 60 percent bigger.</div>

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