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Re:Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry... by madeofpalk on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:12AM (#12772069)
Given that all these devices were 'hacked' using just the default credentials, exploits in the software aren't as relevant here.
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Re:Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry... by andrewflnr on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:50AM (#12772167)
Today they aren't. Once the fruit lying on the ground is exhausted, they'll get serious about the low-hanging software exploits
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Re:Hackers say Friday's massive DDoS attacks were just a dry... by stephen_g on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @12:30AM (#12785305)
The point of my comment was that, yes, this kind of policy would be good and might have stopped this attack.

But it wouldn't solve the whole problem, just make it a tiny bit more difficult for the attackers. Definitely worth doing, but we will need to address the culture of 'ship and forget' also or we will just have the same problem but with software exploits.

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