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How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

11Bravo said:
I'm asking if it's better this way for your privacy
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Neither positive nor negative influence. ICANN just doesn't do what people seem to think it does. They hear phrasing like "control over the internet" and assume way, way more power than it actually has.
 
apdst said:
More reality for the deniers.

Internet Crashes Hard To Stop After Obama Internet Giveaway | The Daily Caller
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The ddos attacks happened mostly because of weak logins for wifi devices allowing them to be infected. In other words, someone would buy a wifi camera (for example), and it's login username was "user" and the password was "admin." Most people never change that login info when they buy their devices.

While all of the potential sources have not yet been identified, Dyn confirmed, with help from Flashpoint and Akamai, that devices infected with the Mirai botnet were part of the attack. The Mirai botnet looks for certain Internet of Things (IoT) and smart home devices, such as those that are using default usernames and passwords, and turns them into bots to use in cyberattacks.

John Pironti, president of IP Architects, said that the Dyn attack highlights the fact that every new endpoint introduced, especially through IoT, presents a new threat.

"The use of IoT devices for recent DDoS attacks has shown how fragile and insecure many of these devices currently are," Pironti said. "The first use was for DDoS, but these same devices are likely to be used as entry points to the internal networks they connect to as well as they become more pervasive."
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Dyn DDoS attack: 5 takeaways on what we know and why it matters - TechRepublic
 
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Cardinal said:
The ddos attacks happened mostly because of weak logins for wifi devices allowing them to be infected. In other words, someone would buy a wifi camera (for example), and it's login info was "user" and the password was "admin." Most people never change that login info when they buy their devices.
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You mean Obama gave my camera a weak password!? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

Surely lazy manufacturers can't be to blame. They're private organizations and are therefore perfect in every way. Yes, ICANN has absolutely nothing to do with default passwords on consumer electronics, but Obama gave up control of ICANN so I assume this means ICANN retroactively dictated weak passwords for various devices after the UN thugs took it over. Using their time machine, they infected the webcam I bought in 2010 with a bad virus password.

It's the only reasonable explanation.
 
Deuce said:
You mean Obama gave my camera a weak password!? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

Surely lazy manufacturers can't be to blame. They're private organizations and are therefore perfect in every way. Yes, ICANN has absolutely nothing to do with default passwords on consumer electronics, but Obama gave up control of ICANN so I assume this means ICANN retroactively dictated weak passwords for various devices after the UN thugs took it over. Using their time machine, they infected the webcam I bought in 2010 with a bad virus password.

It's the only reasonable explanation.
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Seems rational to me.
 
Deuce said:
Neither positive nor negative influence. ICANN just doesn't do what people seem to think it does. They hear phrasing like "control over the internet" and assume way, way more power than it actually has.
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Read back through my discussion. I never said ICANN is controlling the internet.
 
apdst said:
You're obviously deficient in knowledge of world events.

Obama Admin. To Give Up Control Of The Internet To The World | The Daily Caller
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I'm well aware of world events and the facts surrounding ICANN. NOTHING in your link indicated how the relinquishing of oversight of DNS had anything, what so ever, to do with the attack nor any way in which it contributed to such an attack. Furthermore, your future link even notes:

"While such attacks were possible (and did materialize) under IANA control of the DNS"

This kind of attack could, and did, happen while under US control. So attempting to blame this attack on Obama is laughable, and you've provided ZERO evidence tying this attack to the transfer. You're just screaming hysterical nonsense.
 
Zyphlin said:
I'm well aware of world events and the facts surrounding ICANN. NOTHING in your link indicated how the relinquishing of oversight of DNS had anything, what so ever, to do with the attack nor any way in which it contributed to such an attack. Furthermore, your future link even notes:

"While such attacks were possible (and did materialize) under IANA control of the DNS"

This kind of attack could, and did, happen while under US control. So attempting to blame this attack on Obama is laughable, and you've provided ZERO evidence tying this attack to the transfer. You're just screaming hysterical nonsense.
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Well, one thing is for sure. Less than a month after Obama gave control of the internet to every two bit dictator around the world, there was a massive cyber attack. I don't think that's a coincidence.

And, before there's a meltdown, I replied to your post by mistake.
 
apdst said:
Is that a threat? If it is, I doubt anyone here can kick my ass and If I'm wrong, I'm sure I've been whipped by better men.
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Reading is fundamental. If you had any comprehension to begin with, you would have understood that I meant that figuratively. I have had my ass kicked by Zyphlin in this forum in the past, and now it's your turn to get an ass kicking (once again, in case you missed it - Figuratively). LOL.
 
danarhea said:
Reading is fundamental. If you had any comprehension to begin with, you would have understood that I meant that figuratively. I have had my ass kicked by Zyphlin in this forum in the past, and now it's your turn to get an ass kicking (once again, in case you missed it - Figuratively). LOL.
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If you possessed the writing skills needed to convey a point in writing, you would have pointed that out.
 
apdst said:
If you possessed the writing skills needed to convey a point in writing, you would have pointed that out.
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I already did. It's not my fault you can't see it. :mrgreen:
 
apdst said:
Not in the first post. Maybe those night classes aren't doing you any good. ;)
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Says the guy who really doesn't understand that ICANN has absolutely no control over the vulnerability of your DVR to being infected with a virus.
 
Schism said:
How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack

What's funny is, at the time of this posting the above link goes to still messed up webpage.



The Internet of Things will be a disaster of our own making.
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It's not just DVRs. Routers have been hacked in the past and used for denial of service attacks. Look up the security issues with most common home routers.

It would also be interesting if they released what servers were affected. In the past, only Microsoft Windows based servers crash and sustain data loss. This is why in the early 2000s many servers were switched over to Linux base. They don't crash and do not suffer data loss. True, they do slow down and make access hard for users. But they don't usually crash.
 
apdst said:
Well, one thing is for sure. Less than a month after Obama gave control of the internet to every two bit dictator around the world, there was a massive cyber attack. I don't think that's a coincidence.
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You know, you may be onto something.

Roughly 2 days before, the Cleveland Indians won the American League pennant for the first time since the 1940s...

The gossip site Gawker was shut down just over a month before....

And less than a month before Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti....

So that's like...four things for sure. I'm sure those things aren't coincidences either! I mean, they happened at a similar time as the attack on Dyn, so it MUST be more than a coincidence. You know, because those things have as much to do with how those attacks were conducted as the transition to ICANN.

Basically, all you have right now is "Two things happened during a span of time, it can't be a coincidence! THANKS OBAMA!!!!!!!" You've provided ZERO evidence, or even legitimate conjecture, as to how in the world the handover to ICANN had any impact, to ANY degree, on the attack.
 
Zyphlin said:
You know, you may be onto something.

Roughly 2 days before, the Cleveland Indians won the American League pennant for the first time since the 1940s...

The gossip site Gawker was shut down just over a month before....

And less than a month before Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti....

So that's like...four things for sure. I'm sure those things aren't coincidences either! I mean, they happened at a similar time as the attack on Dyn, so it MUST be more than a coincidence. You know, because those things have as much to do with how those attacks were conducted as the transition to ICANN.

Basically, all you have right now is "Two things happened during a span of time, it can't be a coincidence! THANKS OBAMA!!!!!!!" You've provided ZERO evidence, or even legitimate conjecture, as to how in the world the handover to ICANN had any impact, to ANY degree, on the attack.
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That's proof that you've been talking out of your 4th point of contact this whole time. Smartass, rediculous posts are typical indicators.
 
apdst said:
That's proof that you've been talking out of your 4th point of contact this whole time. Smartass, rediculous posts are typical indicators.
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Says the guy who thinks ICANN's turnover affects a webcam bought in 2010.
 
apdst said:
Well, one thing is for sure. Less than a month after Obama gave control of the internet to every two bit dictator around the world, there was a massive cyber attack. I don't think that's a coincidence.

And, before there's a meltdown, I replied to your post by mistake.
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Connection?
 
apdst said:
Well, one thing is for sure. Less than a month after Obama gave control of the internet to every two bit dictator around the world, there was a massive cyber attack. I don't think that's a coincidence.

And, before there's a meltdown, I replied to your post by mistake.
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
 
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