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https://www.stateoftheinternet.com/resources-web-security-threat-advisories-2015-xor-ddos-attacks-linux-botnet-malware-removal-ddos-mitigation-yara-snort.html Recently the Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) released its analysis of the XOR DDoS threat, Trojan malware used to infect and hijack Linux-based systems. Attacks from the XOR DDoS botnet have ranged from low, single-digit Gbps attacks to 150+ Gbps. Watch this brief slideshow for the fast facts, and then get detection and mitigation recommendations from the full XOR DDoS Threat Advisory at www.stateoftheinternet.com/xorddos.