Stopping the Infiltration of Things
If a network-connected smoke detector starts communicating with the mail server, you know you have a problem. Continue reading Stopping the Infiltration of Things
Category Archives: Hajime
JenX Botnet Has Grand Theft Auto Hook
A GTA hosting site is offering powerful DDoS attacks for $20 a pop, researchers say. Continue reading JenX Botnet Has Grand Theft Auto Hook
Hajime Botnet Reaches 300,000 Hosts With No Malicious Functions
This is not the first IoT heavy botnet, Mirai takes that title, the interesting part is the Hajime botnet appears to be benign. So far no malicious functions have been detected in the codebase, other than the ability to replicate itself and block other malware, Hajime seems to have no DDoS or offensive mechanisms. Hajime […]
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White-hat Botnet Infects, Then Secures IoT Devices
[Symantec] Reports Hajime seems to be a white hat worm that spreads over telnet in order to secure IoT devices instead of actually doing anything malicious.
[Brian Benchoff] wrote a great article about the Hajime Worm just as the story broke when first discovered back in October last year. At the time, it looked like the beginnings of a malicious IoT botnet out to cause some DDoS trouble. In a crazy turn of events, it now seems that the worm is actually securing devices affected by another major IoT botnet, dubbed Mirai, which has been launching DDoS attacks. More recently …read more
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Mirai and Hajime Locked Into IoT Botnet Battle
A white hat hacker is believed responsible for the Hajime IoT botnet because its main objective appears to be to secure IoT devices vulnerable to the notorious Mirai malware. Continue reading Mirai and Hajime Locked Into IoT Botnet Battle
The IoT malware that plays cat and mouse with Mirai
A botnet dubbed Hajime uses much the same tactics as Mirai – but to neutralise the damage done. Is this a good thing, though? Continue reading The IoT malware that plays cat and mouse with Mirai
The Hajime IoT worm fights the Mirai botnet for control of your devices
The Hajime malware is worming its way through DVRs, CCTV systems, and other poorly-protected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
David Bisson reports.
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Hajime, Yet Another IoT Botnet
Following on the heels of Mirai, a family of malware exploiting Internet of Things devices, [Sam Edwards] and [Ioannis Profetis] of Rapidity Networks have discovered a malicious Internet worm dubbed Hajime which targets Internet of Things devices.
Around the beginning of October, news of an IoT botnet came forward, turning IP webcams around the world into a DDoS machine. Rapidity Networks took an interest in this worm, and set out a few honeypots in the hopes of discovering what makes it tick.
Looking closely at the data, there was evidence of a second botnet that was significantly more sophisticated. Right …read more
Hajime, Yet Another IoT Botnet
Following on the heels of Mirai, a family of malware exploiting Internet of Things devices, [Sam Edwards] and [Ioannis Profetis] of Rapidity Networks have discovered a malicious Internet worm dubbed Hajime which targets Internet of Things devices.
Around the beginning of October, news of an IoT botnet came forward, turning IP webcams around the world into a DDoS machine. Rapidity Networks took an interest in this worm, and set out a few honeypots in the hopes of discovering what makes it tick.
Looking closely at the data, there was evidence of a second botnet that was significantly more sophisticated. Right …read more