Category Archives: IoT botnet

Mirai IoT Botnet Co-Authors Plead Guilty

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The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed the guilty pleas of two men first identified in January 2017 by KrebsOnSecurity as the likely co-authors of Mirai, a malware strain that remotely enslaves so-called “Internet of Things” devices such as security cameras, routers, and digital video recorders for use in large scale attacks designed to knock Web sites and entire networks offline (including multiple major attacks against this site). Continue reading Mirai IoT Botnet Co-Authors Plead Guilty→

IoT Botnet Satori Grows Rapidly Thanks to Zero-Day Flaw

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An internet of things (IoT) botnet that recently hijacked more than 100,000 DSL modems in Argentina has extended to other countries and doubled in size over the past week, possibly due to a zero-day vulnerability. The botnet has been dubbed “Sato… Continue reading IoT Botnet Satori Grows Rapidly Thanks to Zero-Day Flaw→

New Mirai Botnet Variant Found Targeting ZyXEL Devices In Argentina

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While tracking botnet activity on their honeypot traffic, security researchers at Chinese IT security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab discovered a new variant of Mirai—the well known IoT botnet malware that wreaked havoc last year.

Last week, researchers notice… Continue reading New Mirai Botnet Variant Found Targeting ZyXEL Devices In Argentina→

Public Remote Code Execution Exploit Affects Thousands of Email Servers

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Developers of the widely used Exim message transfer agent are advising administrators to disable a feature on their email servers to protect them from a critical remote execution exploit that has been publicly disclosed. Developed at the University of … Continue reading Public Remote Code Execution Exploit Affects Thousands of Email Servers→

IoT Reaper Botnet Is Much Smaller Than Initially Believed

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Security researchers warned last week that attackers are building a massive botnet of more than a million routers and wireless cameras. However, additional research has revealed that the number of devices actually enslaved by the botnet is only around 20,000, for now. “Over a million organizations have already been affected worldwide, including [in] the U.S.,..

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New Rapidly-Growing IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet

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Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet.

Dubbed ‘IoT_reaper,’ first spotted in September by researchers at firm Qihoo 360, the new malware no longer depends on cracking weak passwords; instead, it exploits

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Linux Trojan Using Hacked IoT Devices to Send Spam Emails

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Botnets, like Mirai, that are capable of infecting Linux-based internet-of-things (IoT) devices are constantly increasing and are mainly designed to conduct Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but researchers have discovered that cybercrimina… Continue reading Linux Trojan Using Hacked IoT Devices to Send Spam Emails→

Telnet Credential Leak Reinforces Bleak State of IoT Security

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The disclosure and recent analysis of thousands of leaked telnet credentials paints a bleak picture of the state of IoT security. Continue reading Telnet Credential Leak Reinforces Bleak State of IoT Security→

New IoT Bill Proposes Security Standards for Smart Devices

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By this time, almost every one of you owns at least one internet-connected device—better known as the “Internet of things”—at your home, but how secure is your device?

We have recently seen Car hacking that could risk anyone’s life, Hoverboard hacking, even hacking of a so-called smart Gun and also the widespread hacks of insecure CCTV cameras, routers and other internet-connected home

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