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Mirai
Modded Mirai botnet behind massive application layer DDoS attack
Long onslaught generated 292,000 requests per second.
Jul 25 2019 12:06PM
Mirai botnet hacker ordered to pay US$8.6 million in damages
Six months house arrest for a series of massive cyber attacks.
Oct 29 2018 6:33AM
New IoT botnet infects wide range of devices
Stealthy Torii a level above Mirai and Qbot copycats.
Sep 28 2018 5:41AM
Trio behind Mirai botnet avoid jail time
Hackers strike cooperation deal with the feds.
Sep 20 2018 11:39AM
Three men plead guilty to crimes tied to Mirai attacks
Allegedly started DoS campaign over grudges.
Dec 14 2017 6:19AM
New Mirai copycat IoT botnet spreading
Code being actively modified.
Oct 23 2017 6:55AM
Alleged Mirai botmaster faces the music in Britain
Extradited from Germany after trial.
Sep 1 2017 8:55AM
List of thousands of wide-open IoT devices leaked
Telnet open, responding to default credentials.
Aug 28 2017 6:31AM
Mirai botmaster behind Deutsche Telekom attack pleads guilty
Also admitted to British router hijack.
Jul 25 2017 8:00AM
The new IoT bot Persirai is like Mirai, but worse
Detected on more than 120,000 IP cameras.
May 11 2017 9:30AM
Vigilante IoT worm Hajime hits Australia
Blocks access for Mirai malware.
Apr 20 2017 7:36AM
BrickerBot malware kills open IoT devices
"Phlashing" causes permanent denial of service.
Apr 7 2017 10:15AM
Here's to 2016 - and make it a stiff one
[Blog post] You thought this year was bad, just wait until next.
Dec 20 2016 2:00PM
Deutsche Telekom Mirai attack part of wider global onslaught
Other organisations likely targeted.
Nov 30 2016 10:28AM
Mirai botnet attacks 900,000 German broadband routers
Malware attempts to infect routers via remote management feature.
Nov 29 2016 9:00AM
Oracle buys hosted DNS provider Dyn
Wants to sharpen Iaas and PaaS offerings.
Nov 22 2016 6:50AM
Chinese 'DDoS camera' maker recalls vulnerable devices
Users do not change the default password.
Oct 25 2016 12:37PM
