This year’s Black Hat and Def Con Internet security conferences appeared more professional than in previous years, with more security professionals and government officials in attendance. But one ...

The massive DDoS attack that disrupted the internet address-lookup service Dyn last week was perhaps pulled off by a script kiddie targeting PlayStation Network and using Mirai malware to assemble a ...

Researchers at Flashpoint pointed a finger of blame at “script kiddies” for the huge IoT-based DDoS attack that made parts of the internet inaccessible last Friday. In fact, the primary target may ...

Richard Bejtlich of TaoSecurity decried the tool on Twitter, saying, "There is no need to release this. The tie to Shodan puts it over the edge. There is no legitimate reason to put mass exploitation ...