Tag Archives: DDoS

  • How one rent-a-botnet army of cameras, DVRs caused Internet chaos

    Attacks that took down Dyn appear to have been “rented” from multiple botnets. Welcome to the Internet of Evil Things. The attack that disrupted much of the Internet on October 21 is still being teased apart by investigators, but evidence thus far points to multiple “botnets” of Internet-connected gadgets being responsible for blocking access to […]