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DDoS attacks blamed on 70,000-strong Android botnet
By Adam Shepherd published
News Security researchers discover Mirai-style 'WireX' botnet

US college hit by 54-hour Mirai DDoS attack
By Jane McCallion published
News New Mirai variant unleashed a 30,000 RPS storm higher education institution

FTC: D-Link IoT devices put thousands of customers at risk
By Dale Walker published
News D-Link calls Federal Trade Commission's claims "vague and unsubstantiated"

Mirai botnet did not knock Liberia's internet offline
By Adam Shepherd published
News West African country didn't suffer nationwide outage last week, contrary to reports

Botnets live long and prosper despite cyber security efforts
By Jane McCallion published
News Increased cyber-vigilance failing to reduce operating life of botnet servers

Android malware sends texts to China
By Rene Millman published
News MisoSMS used in at least 64 spyware campaigns, steals text messages, emails them to China.

Microsoft shuts down a $2.7m a month click fraud botnet
By ITPro published
News Botnet suspected to originate in Russia was using 2 million machines.

Wordpress botnet could pave way for larger attacks
By Caroline Donnelly published
News Cyber attack on blogging platform could have far-reaching effects, warn IT security experts.
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