A 2016 botnet that targeted IoT devices to launch some of the largest DDoS attacks in history.
Spread primarily via email spam with malicious attachments or links, a technique still common today to create botnets. botnet.mp4
The video botnet.mp4 demonstrates how security researchers were able to "own" the botnet by: A 2016 botnet that targeted IoT devices to
To prevent a device from becoming part of a botnet (as seen in the video), organizations should: stealing personal data
Used for massive spam campaigns, stealing personal data, and launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.