The Enemy Within IoT - A Mirai DDoS Timeline
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The document details the evolution of the Mirai botnet, which utilizes IoT devices to conduct record-breaking DDoS attacks, impacting various services including Dyn and Deutsche Telekom. Key events include the open-sourcing of Mirai, its expansion to over 493,000 devices, and notable attacks in late 2016. It also highlights arrests made in connection with the attacks and the botnet's adaptation to Windows OS.
The Enemy Within IoT - A Mirai DDoS Timeline
- 1. SEPTEMBER KREBSONSECURITY HIT BY RECORD-BREAKING DDOS The website of researcher Brian Krebs is attacked by a botnet using IoT devices to AUGUST MIRAI IS DISCOVERED Security researchers at MalwareMustDie uncover a new trojan - the binary was called βMirai.*β. SEPTEMBER OCTOBER SOURCE CODE DUMPED ONLINE A user by the name of βAnna-Senpeiβ posts their tracks. Mirai becomes open source. OCTOBER MIRAIβS NETWORK DOUBLES IN SIZE Colorado's Level 3 Communications estimates the number of devices compromised by Mirai rise from 213,000 to 493,000. SOURCE CODE OCTOBER MIRAI HITS DYN A huge DDoS using Mirai hits Dyn, a company that controls much of the internetβs domain name system infrastructure. Spotify, Reddit and MIRAI HITS OVH French cloud and web hosting company OVH reports a huge attack on several of its customer's websites. NOVEMBER GERMANY UNDER ATTACK An updated type of Mirai that exploits security ο¬aws in routers brings down web access for almost a million Deutsche Telekom customers for two days. NOVEMBER TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER Two hackers βBestBuyβ and βPopopretβ, the two behind the Deutsche Telekom attack, advertise their Mirai botnet of 400,000 for rent online. NOVEMBER TALKTALK IS TARGETED At least 55,000 of TalkTalkβs customers lose internet connection for several days. JANUARY ACCUSATIONS FLY Brian Krebs puts in β100βs of hours of researchβ and claims there are similarities between βAnna-Senpaiβ & Paras Jha, owner of a DDoS mitigation company. FEBRUARY MIRAI EVOLVES ONTO WINDOWS Kaspersky Lab ο¬nds a hacker has created a version of Mirai based on the Windows OS. FEBRUARY AN ARREST IS MADE A 29-year-old British man is arrested under suspicion of carrying out the Deutsche Telekom attack. Germany pushes for extradition. MARCH MIRAI IS βHYDRAβ says Bryant Townsend, CEO of Backconnect, in a reference to the mythical many-headed serpent. THE ENEMY WITHIN IOT MIRAI & DDOS - A TIMELINE 2016 saw the emergence of the most devastating DDoS tool ever created - Mirai NEXT WHAT For more tech insights visit interquestgroup.com ...........