Friday, October 21, 2016

Breaking news Waves of cyber attacks hit Netflix, Twitter, and others USAtoday has story use search for more detail

 i do not like to embed links in blog posts so use search to find later and more information,

 in concert with the blog post on using Internet of Things (IoT) devices to launch a Denial of Service (DOS) attack this attack appears to be against the Domain Name Service (DNS) which provides hostname to IP address translation.

 The troubling aspect is just how easy it is now to bring down parts of the internet, Going with out streaming movies or social media is one thing. Going after any portion of our financial infrastructure would be a great impact.

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