Lizard Squad uses botnets from hijacked CCTV Cameras to attack bank websites

LIZARD SQUAD TURN CCTV CAMERAS INTO MASSIVE BOTNETS TO LAUNCH MASSIVE DDOS ATTACKS

Hackers are turning the huge network of CCTV cameras installed worldwide into DDoS botnets which conduct DDoS attacks on banks, gaming firms and government agencies. The CCTV camera botnet uses a open source code LizardStresser, written by PlayStation DDoS fame hackers, Lizard Squad.

The network of compromised cameras was uncovered by researchers at security firm Arbor Networks, who reported that large scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks took down websites by flooding them with traffic.

Arbor Networks’ ASERT group has found the number of command-and-control servers unique to LizardStresser has increased during 2016 with cyber-criminals managing to break into IoT devices primarily by using the unit’s default password. This has enabled these gangs to assemble huge botnet armies capable of launching massive attacks. For the full article click here 

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