Collaborate Disseminate
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false.
Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking to someone at Fortinet got it wrong, and then everyone else ran with it without readin… Continue reading No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
Over at Wired, Andy Greenberg has an excellent story about the creators of the 2016 Mirai botnet.
Continue reading The Story of the Mirai Botnet
New botnets, more AI in spearphishing and increases in hack-for-hire business are some of Kaspersky’s security predictions. Get extensive APT mitigation tips, too. Continue reading Kaspersky’s Advanced Persistent Threats Predictions for 2024
Kaspersky researchers review APT predictions for 2023 and current trends in the advanced threat landscape, and try to predict how it will develop in 2024. Continue reading Advanced threat predictions for 2024
Just came across this.
O…Me Participating in a Comparative Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate Technical Report on Botnets and Malware Detection was first posted on October 3, 2023 at 12:17 am.©2021 "". Use of t… Continue reading Me Participating in a Comparative Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate Technical Report on Botnets and Malware Detection
IoT threats: how devices get hacked, what malware is uploaded, and what services are on offer on the dark web in 2023. Continue reading Overview of IoT threats in 2023
Interesting story of an Apple Macintosh app that went rogue. Basically, it was a good app until one particular update…when it went bad.
With more official macOS features added in 2021 that enabled the “Night Shift” dark mode, the NightOwl app was left forlorn and forgotten on many older Macs. Few of those supposed tens of thousands of users likely noticed when the app they ran in the background of their older Macs was bought by another company, nor when earlier this year that company silently updated the dark mode app so that it hijacked their machines in order to send their IP data through a server network of affected computers, AKA a botnet…
Pro-Kremlin groups Anonymous Sudan, Killnet and Clop have other motivations than just hacktivism as they widen their attack field beyond political targets.
The post Anonymous Sudan’s Attack of European Investment Bank: Money, Politics and PR appe… Continue reading Anonymous Sudan’s Attack of European Investment Bank: Money, Politics and PR
What Malware-as-a-Service includes, on what terms cybercriminals offer it, and what malware they most often distribute under this model Continue reading Understanding Malware-as-a-Service
Researchers at Akamai’s Security Intelligence unit find a botnet specimen that reveals how successful DDoS, spam and other cyberattacks can be done with little finesse, knowledge or savvy.
The post Threatening botnets can be created with little code ex… Continue reading Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds