Monday 24 October 2016

Dyn cyber-attack came from incurable IoT devices

Last weeks huge internet attack on internet firm Dyn, said to have affected Twitter, Spotify and PayPal amongst other big names, was at least in part launched from IoT security cameras that continue to be a threat, according to security specialist Brian Krebs. The attack was ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS), where many – thousands or ...

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from Electronics Weekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/dyn-cyber-attack-came-incurable-iot-devices-2016-10/

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