IoT and the New Security Model
On October 21 a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Dyn’s internet directory servers prevented a number of end users, especially along the East coast, from doing a variety of internet related activities ranging from tweeting to binge watching Stranger Things on Netflix. As we all know by now, the attack was the result of a malicious botnet, Marai, doing its best Invasion of the Body Snatchers imitation, launching the assault from the multitudes of IP cameras it had infected.