Cybersecurity

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/19/home_router_insecurity/ It is not just IoT devices that are hacked en masse. Home routers are hit also with their flaws. →

https://threatpost.com/lawmakers-asking-what-isps-can-do-about-ddos-attacks/121557/ →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/experts-discuss-3-paths-to-stronger-iot-device-security-government-regulation-thirdparty-verification-and-market-forces?utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Social&utm_content=FaceBook The DDoS attack against DNS on friday started discussions on cyber security in IoT era. Maybe this discussion should have started few years earlier because now we have millions of vulnerable devices connected to Internet, and I expect that they will cause problems for years to come.  →

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/24/webcams-involved-in-dyn-ddos-attack-recalled/?sr_share=facebook Some IoT devices with bad security recalled. It is a good start to make Internet safer.   Related postings: Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today | Motherboard Why Today’s Attacks on the Internet Are Just the Start – The Daily Beast Today’s Brutal DDoS Attack Is the Beginning of a →

http://www.csoonline.com/article/3132722/security/cybersecurity-industry-outlook-2017-to-2021.html?platform=hootsuite There seems to be lots of demand for cybersecurity industry. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/using-rowhammer-bitflips-to-root-android-phones-is-now-a-thing/ Rowhammer hardware bug is now a security issue for both PCs and smart phones.  →

http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/9-sources-for-tracking-new-vulnerabilities/d/d-id/1327186 This article lists many useful sources for information on new security vulnerabilities. →

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today?utm_source=mbtwitter A massive botnet of hacked Internet of Things devices has been implicated in the cyberattack that caused a significant internet outage on Friday. The botnet, which is powered by the malware known as Mirai, is in part responsible for the attack that intermittently knocked some popular websites offline, according to Level 3 Communications, one →

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/21/why-today-s-attacks-on-the-internet-are-just-the-start.html?via=twitter_page →

http://gizmodo.com/todays-brutal-ddos-attack-is-the-beginning-of-a-bleak-f-1788071976?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow I don’t like this development in Internet attacks… →