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Massive cryptocurrency botnet used leaked NSA exploits weeks before WCry

May 16, 2017 feed

Enlarge / A cryptocurrency mining farm. (credit: Marco Krohn)
On Friday, Ransomware called WannaCry used leaked hacking tools stolen from the National Security Agency to attack an estimated 2

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New, more-powerful IoT botnet infects 3,500 devices in 5 days

November 1, 2016 feed

There’s a new, more powerful Internet-of-things botnet in town, and it has managed to infect almost 3,500 devices in just five days, according to a recently published report.
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How one rent-a-botnet army of cameras, DVRs caused Internet chaos

October 25, 2016 feed

Enlarge / We’re also mad you’re connected to the Internet, toaster et al. (credit: Disney)
Welcome to the Internet of Evil Things. The attack that disrupted much of the Internet

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Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet

October 21, 2016 feed

Our new IoT overlords have arrived. (credit: peyri)
The distributed denial of service attacks against dynamic domain name service provider Dyn this morning have now resurged. The attacks have

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