Last year saw the Mirai botnet harness routers and other IoT devices to launch DDoS attacks against internet services. Is this type of attack something we’re going to see more of in 2017, and what can companies and individuals do to protect themselves? We spoke to Sam Rehman, chief technology officer at attack prevention specialist Arxan Technologies to find out more about security and the Internet of Things. BN: Let's start with last year and the Mirai botnet, how significant was that attack? SR: Mirai was mostly about taking advantage of flaws in routers and doing that wasn't an easy… [Continue Reading]
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