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IP Camera Botnet Attack

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jul 02, 2016

"Researchers at website security firm Sucuri recently uncovered a botnet that was leveraging 25,000 surveillance cameras to carry out a distributed denial of service attack against one of their customers."

http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/12227605/hackers-use-25k-cameras-to-carry-out-botnet-attack

Sounds very similar to a recent post about excessive login attempts coming from the IP of a wireless access point...

Another example of unsecured or vulnerable devices left on the internet...

U
Undisclosed #2
Jul 02, 2016
IPVMU Certified

Yes, an extremely bothersome horde. :)

Related: Horde Of Camera Drones Unleashed On The Internet

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Jon Dillabaugh
Jul 02, 2016
Pro Focus LLC

Well, at least they didn't mention a certain brand name... Lol

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