While Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as DVRs, CCTV systems, IP cameras, baby monitors, and others are to blame and have played a major role in recent DDoS attacks, there is another type of equipment that also regularly contributes to DDoS botnets. Those devices are home (SOHO) routers, which some experts wrongfully categorize as IoT when they’re just your regular networking equipment that’s been around for years before the concept of IoT even appeared.
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