Get a Pentest and security assessment of your IT network.

News

150,000 IoT Devices behind the 1Tbps DDoS attack on OVH

The hosting provider OVH continues to face massive DDoS attacks launched by a botnet composed at least of 150000 IoT devices. CTO Octave Klaba reported the 1Tbps DDoS attack on Twitter sharing an image that lists the multiple sources of the attack. Klaba speculated the attackers used an IoT botnet also of compromised CCTV cameras. The company was targeted by various types of traffic, including Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) traffic, a novelty in the DDoS landscape.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51726/cyber-crime/ovh-hit-botnet-iot.html

Related posts
News

Ashley Madison 2.0 Hackers Leak 20GB Data Dump, Including CEO's Emails

News

Art of Twitter account hacking

News

BlackEnergy exploits recently fixed flaws in Siemens WinCC

News

Russian cybercriminal Roman Seleznev gets another prison sentence