Can you imagine your coffee maker, washing machine and
refrigerator attacking you at the same time? Well, this is what happened to one
of the most important services on the Internet lifebloombeauty
On October 21 of this year, one of the biggest attacks in
recent years took place. The DDoS attack targeted DynDNS, one of the largest
DNS providers serving reputable companies such as Twiter, Spotify, PayPal or
Reddi futuretechexpert.
DNS is a facility that allows you to identify a domain
name or web address with the IP address of the server that hosts it.
DDoS or distributed denial of service is an attack aimed at
blocking a server by executing a large number of requests against it,
preventing it from responding normally, causing congestion in system resources
or loss of network. This attack is usually carried out through a botnet naturalbeautytrends.
Botnet
A botnet is a network of malware-infected devices that an
attacker can control remotely. The devices that make up this network are called
zombie computers.
The most interesting thing about this latest attack is that
the botnet is made up of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, IoT devices are a
concept that refers to everyday objects connected to the Internet such as
washing machines, coffee makers, smart watches. etc techsmartinfo.
This stands not the first time that these devices have been
used in this type of attack, nor will it be the last time.
Why are IoT devices used for DDos attacks?
There are 3 reasons:
Every day more devices are connected: more and more types of
devices that we use in our daily lives are connected to the network smarttechpros.
Careless security settings - Devices generally remain at
their default settings, which means they are protected by the original
credentials entered by the manufacturer and are identical for all devices of
the same model. In general, a simple Google query is enough to get the default
password.
They are on for longer: For example, a DVR or IP security
camera generally does not turn off, so an attacker can use the device for
longer than if they were using a personal computer.
As more and more devices get connected and it becomes easier
to build botnets with these IoT devices, we will see this type of attack with
increasing frequency.
Stop and consider that if this washing machine that alerts
you to your mobile when it runs out, or the coffee machine that sends you a
message when it runs out of capsules, were part of this botnet ...
Is the DDoS attack that brought down the US network the
beginning of something worse?
Now the most important inquiry is: what will be the next
goal?
