IoT Botnets: Perspectives from a Residential Router

Residential routers face risks from the propagation of IoT botnets and the problem devices present once they are infected.
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SSH-Targeting Golang Bots Becoming the New Norm

Bitdefender researchers have recently found an increasing number of SSH-targeting bots written in Golang. Traditionally, popular malware is written in C, C++ and Perl, and it’s rare that we see attackers creating new malware or bots from scratch,… Continue reading SSH-Targeting Golang Bots Becoming the New Norm

Radware Threat Researchers Live: DDoS & IoT Botnets

In the second edition of ‘Researchers Talk Live,’ Daniel Smith and Pascal Geenens geek out on what’s current in DDoS and IoT Botnets.
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Dark Nexus: A New Emerging IoT Botnet Malware Spotted in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new emerging IoT botnet threat that leverages compromised smart devices to stage ‘distributed denial-of-service’ attacks, potentially triggered on-demand through platforms offering DDoS-for-hire services.

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UK Enterprises to Compete for £70m in Government Cybersecurity Challenge

After 40 percent of UK businesses reported data breaches or security incidents in the past year, the government wants to completely “design out” complex cyber risks and attacks. To achieve this and strengthen national infrastructure an… Continue reading UK Enterprises to Compete for £70m in Government Cybersecurity Challenge

Bandwidth Security Is Critical in Wake of Rogue IoT Botnets Targeting Telecom Sector

Bandwidth security against rogue IoT botnets could be the next critical investment priority for the telecommunications sector after a report from NOKIA found that 78 percent of network-based malware detection in CSP networks in 2018 is attributed … Continue reading Bandwidth Security Is Critical in Wake of Rogue IoT Botnets Targeting Telecom Sector

Two Dozen Click Fraud Apps Found in Google Play

Attackers managed to pass Google’s defenses and place 22 Android apps on Google Play that engaged in sophisticated advertising click fraud when installed on users’ phones. The majority of the apps were created after June 2018 and were coll… Continue reading Two Dozen Click Fraud Apps Found in Google Play

Adobe Patches Zero-Day Flaw in Flash Player

Adobe Systems fixed a critical vulnerability in Flash Player that was publicly disclosed by a researcher earlier this month. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15981, is a type confusion issue that can lead to arbitrary code execution. It was fixe… Continue reading Adobe Patches Zero-Day Flaw in Flash Player

Study: Most Home Routers Have Unpatched Vulnerabilities

A study performed by the non-profit American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research revealed that the majority of home routers have tens of known vulnerabilities. For its research, the ACI used a scanner called Insignary Clarity, which c… Continue reading Study: Most Home Routers Have Unpatched Vulnerabilities