The document details the evolution of the Mirai botnet, which utilizes IoT devices to conduct record-breaking DDoS attacks, impacting various services including Dyn and Deutsche Telekom. Key events include the open-sourcing of Mirai, its expansion to over 493,000 devices, and notable attacks in late 2016. It also highlights arrests made in connection with the attacks and the botnet's adaptation to Windows OS.

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  SEPTEMBERKREBSONSECURITY HIT BYRECORD-BREAKINGDDOSThe website of researcher Brian Krebs isattacked by a botnet using IoT devices toAUGUSTMIRAI IS DISCOVEREDSecurity researchers at MalwareMustDieuncover a new trojan - the binarywas called “Mirai.*”.SEPTEMBEROCTOBERSOURCE CODE DUMPED ONLINEA user by the name of ‘Anna-Senpei’ poststheir tracks. Mirai becomes open source.OCTOBERMIRAI’S NETWORK DOUBLES IN SIZEColorado's Level 3 Communications estimatesthe number of devices compromised byMirai rise from 213,000 to 493,000.SOURCE CODEOCTOBERMIRAI HITS DYNA huge DDoS using Mirai hits Dyn, a companythat controls much of the internet’s domainname system infrastructure. Spotify, Reddit andMIRAI HITS OVHFrench cloud and web hosting companyOVH reports a huge attack on severalof its customer's websites.NOVEMBERGERMANY UNDER ATTACKAn updated type of Mirai that exploits securityflaws in routers brings down web access foralmost a million Deutsche Telekomcustomers for two days.NOVEMBERTO THE HIGHEST BIDDERTwo hackers ‘BestBuy’ and ‘Popopret’, thetwo behind the Deutsche Telekom attack,advertise their Mirai botnet of 400,000 forrent online.NOVEMBERTALKTALK IS TARGETEDAt least 55,000 of TalkTalk’s customerslose internet connection for several days.JANUARYACCUSATIONS FLYBrian Krebs puts in ‘100’s of hours of research’and claims there are similarities between‘Anna-Senpai’ & Paras Jha, owner of a DDoSmitigation company.FEBRUARYMIRAI EVOLVES ONTO WINDOWSKaspersky Lab finds a hacker has created aversion of Mirai based on the Windows OS.FEBRUARYAN ARREST IS MADEA 29-year-old British man is arrested undersuspicion of carrying out the Deutsche Telekomattack. Germany pushes for extradition.MARCHMIRAI IS “HYDRA”says Bryant Townsend, CEO of Backconnect,in a reference to the mythical many-headedserpent.THE ENEMY WITHIN IOTMIRAI & DDOS - A TIMELINE2016 saw the emergence of themost devastating DDoS tool evercreated - MiraiNEXTWHATFor more tech insights visitinterquestgroup.com...........