Three computer hackers behind the Mirai botnet, which kicked websites offline last year in cyberattacks, have pleaded guilty to cybercrime. Citing court documents, Reuters stated on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that former Rutgers University student Paras Jha pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey to charges,...
Just in time for Halloween, the Reaper is coming, and he’s after your internet. Reaper, also known as IOTroop, is a growing botnet whose size, at more than 1 million organizations infected, could soon rival that of the Mirai botnet that knocked much of the...
A British hacker-for-hire known as “Spiderman” was given a suspended sentence by a German court Friday, but could still face criminal charges in Britain. According to Reuters, the sentence came after the 29-year-old hacker — identified as Daniel K. — confessed to a cyberattack that...
The Mirai botnet strikes again. A new version of the Mirai computer worm knocked more than 900,000 German ISP Deutsche Telekom customers offline due to infected routers, Krebs on Security reported last week. A newly discovered vulnerability in the firmware of the devices is believed...
October 11, 2023
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have successfully defended against the largest-known denial-of-service attack on the internet, raising concerns about a new technique that could potentially cause widespread disruption. Denial-of-service attacks involve overwhelming targeted servers with a flood of bogus requests for data, rendering it impossible for legitimate web traffic to reach its destination. These attacks have become more […]
December 14, 2017
Three computer hackers behind the Mirai botnet, which kicked websites offline last year in cyberattacks, have pleaded guilty to cybercrime. Citing court documents, Reuters stated on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that former...
July 28, 2017
A British hacker-for-hire known as “Spiderman” was given a suspended sentence by a German court Friday, but could still face criminal charges in Britain. According to Reuters, the sentence came...
December 06, 2016
The Mirai botnet strikes again. A new version of the Mirai computer worm knocked more than 900,000 German ISP Deutsche Telekom customers offline due to infected routers, Krebs on Security...
