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Mirai
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Man whose DDoS attacks took down entire country’s Internet jailed
A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka “BestBuy and Popopret” to…
January 13, 2019
Baby Got Bots
This is the first in a series of blog posts “on all things Bot.” From bad to good…
October 12, 2018
Hackers illegally selling stolen Fortnite accounts & botnets on Instagram
It is not happening on Dark Web but Instagram. Instagram has become much more than a platform to…
October 6, 2018
Hackers behind Mirai botnet to avoid jail for working with the FBI
Mirai has been known as one of the most powerful botnets comprised of millions of hacked Internet of…
September 20, 2018
Apache Struts & SonicWall’s GMS exploits key targets of Mirai & Gafgyt IoT malware
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered modified versions of the notorious Mirai and Gafgyt…
September 15, 2018
IoT botnet of heaters & ovens can cause massive widespread power outages
Botnet of Smart Power-Consuming Appliances May Cause Widespread Power Outages. Digital technology has revolutionized the way we use…
August 18, 2018
Mirai Variant ‘OMG’ Turns IoT Devices into Proxy Servers for Cryptomining
Mirai IoT bot malware is one such piece of malicious coding that created quite a stir within the…
February 27, 2018
Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report
According to researchers, evidence suggests Lizard Squad is alive and well, continuing their malicious activities under the guise…
January 31, 2018
Code for Satori malware posted on Pastebin
The code behind Satori malware which is a variant of infamous Mirai DDoS malware has been published online.…
January 3, 2018
Hackers behind Mirai botnet & DYN DDoS attacks plead guilty
A group of three hackers have pleaded guilty to their role in developing, spreading and using Mirai malware botnet to conduct large-scale Distributed Denial of…
December 13, 2017