DDoS threats will rise in Q4 to impact holiday shopping traffic. DDoS attacks using connected devices to exploit default vulnerabilities and overwhelm networks. Default passwords, default systems, and hard-coded credentials in the firmware allowed many of the devices to get pulled into the botnet. Security practitioners and developers alike are better served if they put their heads together and strategically plan for the future. There is some potential that these IoT attacks will get ugly, but there is also some good news, experts say.”]
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