{"id":1777,"date":"2016-10-04T06:11:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2016-10-04T06:11:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:11:20","slug":"source-code-for-iot-botnet-responsible-for-worlds-largest-ddos-attack-released-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1777","title":{"rendered":"Source Code for IoT botnet responsible for World&#8217;s largest DDoS Attack released Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/10\/mirai-source-code-iot-botnet.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/iot-botnet-malware-download.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWith rapidly growing <a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2015\/08\/hacking-internet-of-things-drone.html\" target=\"_blank\">Internet of Thing<\/a> (IoT) devices, they have become a much more attractive target for cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently we saw a record-breaking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against the France-based hosting provider OVH that reached over <a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/09\/ddos-attack-iot.html\" target=\"_blank\">one Terabit per second<\/a> (1 Tbps), which was carried out via a botnet of infected IoT devices.<\/p>\n<p>Now, such attacks are expected to grow more rapidly as someone has just released the source code for IoT botnet, which was &#8216;apparently&#8217; used to carry out world&#8217;s largest DDoS attacks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2016\/10\/mirai-source-code-iot-botnet.html\">Source Code for IoT botnet responsible for World&#8217;s largest DDoS Attack released Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1777\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1777\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With rapidly growing Internet of Thing (IoT) devices, they have become a much more attractive target for cybercriminals. 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