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Subject: [ISN] Bot-herders can launch DDoS attacks from dryers, refrigerators, other Internet of Things devic
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2014-09-26 11:40:19
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1409261140060.25572 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.networkworld.com/article/2687169/security0/bot-herders-can-launch-ddos-attacks-from-dryers-refrigerators-other-internet-of-things-devices.html
By Tim Greene
NetworkWorld
Sept 24, 2014
A new malware kit called Spike can infect not only traditional desktops
but also routers, smart thermostats, smart dryers and a host of other
Internet of Things devices to herd them into massive botnets.
Spike botnets have carried out various forms of DDoS attacks including
SYN, UDP, DNS query and GET floods, according to Akamai's Prolexic
Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert).
The Akamai team has seen Spike DDoS attacks in action in Asia and the U.S.
and reports that one such attack peaked at 215Gbps and 150 million packets
per second. Akamai has validated that 12,000 to 15,000 devices made up one
botnet created with the kit, says David Fernandez, who heads up Akamai's
PLXsert team.
Corporate security pros need to harden devices they might not have thought
were at risk as well as get traditional DDoS protection in place, Akamai
says.
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