Heightened DDoS Threat Posed by Mirai and Other Botnets

ronjor · Oct 15, 2016

Original release date: October 14, 2016

Overview
Recently, IoT devices have been used to create large-scale botnets—networks of devices infected with self-propagating malware—that can execute crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. IoT devices are particularly susceptible to malware, so protecting these devices and connected hardware is critical to protect systems and networks.
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https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-288A

lotuseclat79 · Oct 16, 2016

Beware of all-powerful DDoS malware infecting cellular gateways, feds warn

Sierra Wireless confirms that devices it manufactures were infected by Mirai.
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-- Tom

Minimalist · Dec 3, 2016

There’s a new DDoS army, and it could soon rival record-setting Mirai

The as-yet unnamed botnet was first detected on November 23, the day before the US Thanksgiving holiday. For exactly 8.5 hours, it delivered a non-stop stream of junk traffic to undisclosed targets, according to this post published Friday by content delivery network CloudFlare. Every day for the next six days at roughly the same time, the same network pumped out an almost identical barrage, which is aimed at a small number of targets mostly on the US West Coast. More recently, the attacks have run for 24 hours at a time.
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http://arstechnica.com/security/201...and-it-could-soon-rival-record-setting-mirai/

Minimalist · Mar 10, 2017

IoT DDoS Reaches Critical Mass
According to A10 Networks, the DoT is reaching critical mass—recent attacks have leveraged hundreds of thousands of IoT devices to attack everything from large service providers and enterprises to gaming services, media and entertainment companies. In its research, it uncovered that there are roughly 3,700 DDoS attacks per day, and the cost to an organization can range anywhere from $14,000 to $2.35 million per incident.

In all, almost three quarters of all global brands, organizations and companies (73%) have been victims of a DDoS attack. And, once a business is attacked, there’s an 82% chance they’ll be attacked again: A full 45% were attacked six or more times.
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https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iot-ddos-reaches-critical-mass/

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