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<DIV>News yesterday was that about half-million vendor specific IP cameras
(hence IoT devices), home WiFi routers, DVRs, etc, were hijacked with a botnet
to launch a massive DDoS attack on managed DNS provider Dyn in the US.</DIV>
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<DIV>Temporarily unreachable were NYTimes, Amazon, Twitter, Paypal, among
others. </DIV>
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<DIV>What's interesting in this is that the infected devices were likely running
a non-desktop OS, hence a new DDoS threat vector specific to the massive
population of connected IP devices (webcams, thermostats, smart kitchen
appliances, etc).</DIV>
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<DIV>More at <A href="https://goo.gl/9FpZgt">https://goo.gl/9FpZgt</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>-Ahmed</DIV>
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