Experts at Akamai Technologies discovered the Linux XOR DDoS Botnet, a malicious infrastructure used to run potent DDoS attacks against dozens of targets. The gaming sector is the primary target, followed by educational institutions. Nearly 90 percent of the targets are located in Asia, according to the experts. The Xor.DDoS attacks rely on Linux machines that were compromised by cracking weak passwords used to protect the command shell. The attackers masquerade the IP addresses of the machines involved in the DDoS attack.”]
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