Tag archives: DDoS

Discovery of New Internet of Things (IoT) Based Malware Could Put a New Spin on DDoS Attacks

By on November 3, 2017 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Cybercrime

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Slightly over one year ago, several major distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks took place, including a major event affecting the domain name service provider Dyn, which caused outages and slowness for a number of popular sites, including Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitter. Now, a new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet, called IoT Reaper, or … Continue reading

NIST Releases Internet of Things (IoT) Security Guidance

By on January 30, 2017 Posted in Compliance and risk management

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Late last year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released Special Publication 800-160 (the “Guidance”) on implementing security in Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) devices. The Guidance was released following several highly-publicized distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks in 2016 and is intended to provide a framework for software engineers to better address security issues and to develop … Continue reading

US Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity: Action Plan for the President-Elect

By Anna Rudawski (US) on December 14, 2016 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Regulatory response

The US Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, a nonpartisan group established by President Obama in early 2016, released its final report on December 1, 2016. The report provides an in-depth view of cybersecurity challenges facing the digital economy, and provides a roadmap for addressing those challenges. For some issues, the Commission recommends that the next … Continue reading

Legal Implications of DDoS Attacks and the Internet of Things (IoT)

By on December 5, 2016 Posted in Cybercrime

Several significant distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks have taken place in the last few weeks, including a major event involving a domain name service provider (Dyn), which caused outages and slowness for many popular sites like Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Twitter. This significant attack came on the heels of two major DDoS attacks against … Continue reading

Major DDoS Attacks Signal Need for Strengthened Cyber Defenses

By Daniel Leslie (CA) on November 3, 2016 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Cybercrime

On Friday, October 21, a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks were launched against the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. DNS hosts operate in a manner akin to a switchboard for the Internet, helping to route domain names (e.g., dataprotectionreport.com) to underlying IP addresses (e.g., 104.28.6.115). By attacking Dyn, hackers were … Continue reading