Category Archives: IoT Malware

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→

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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UPnP, WikiLeaks, and Microsoft to Removes SMBv1 Protocol – Hack Naked News #130

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Hacking military phone systems, IoT malware activity doubles, more WikiLeaks dumps, decade-old bugs, and more. Jason Wood of Paladin Security joins us to discuss the erosion of ISP privacy rules on this episode of Hack Naked News! Full Show Notes Continue reading UPnP, WikiLeaks, and Microsoft to Removes SMBv1 Protocol – Hack Naked News #130→

UPnP, WikiLeaks, and Microsoft to Removes SMBv1 Protocol – Hack Naked News #130

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Hacking military phone systems, IoT malware activity doubles, more WikiLeaks dumps, decade-old bugs, and more. Jason Wood of Paladin Security joins us to discuss the erosion of ISP privacy rules on this episode of Hack Naked News! Full Show Notes Visit… Continue reading UPnP, WikiLeaks, and Microsoft to Removes SMBv1 Protocol – Hack Naked News #130→

IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers

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The number of new malware samples in the wild this year targeting connected internet-of-things (IoT) devices has already more than doubled last year’s total. Continue reading IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers→

Hajime ‘Vigilante Botnet’ Growing Rapidly; Hijacks 300,000 IoT Devices Worldwide

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Last week, we reported about a so-called ‘vigilante hacker’ who hacked into at least 10,000 vulnerable ‘Internet of Things’ devices, such as home routers and Internet-connected cameras, using a botnet malware in order to supposedly secure them.

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To Protect Your Devices, A Hacker Wants to Hack You Before Someone Else Does

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It should be noted that hacking a system for unauthorised access that does not belong to you is an illegal practice, no matter what’s the actual intention behind it.

Now I am pointing out this because reportedly someone, who has been labeled as a ‘vig… Continue reading To Protect Your Devices, A Hacker Wants to Hack You Before Someone Else Does→