If you were online on Friday October 21st, you were probably affected by the DDoS attack against managed DNS provider Dyn. Dyn observed that tens of millions of IP addresses participating in the attack were from IoT devices infected by the Mirai botnet. But what exactly is an IoT botnet? What was so different about this DDoS attack and why does it have security professionals so worried?
A botnet is a collection of connected devices which have been infected with malware that allows an attacker to gain remote control and coordinate their actions.
