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Security researchers have uncovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai Internet of Things botnet, this time targeting embedded devices intended for use within business environments in an attempt to gain control over larger bandwidth to carry out devas… Continue reading Mirai Variant Adds Dozen New Exploits to Target Enterprise IoT Devices
Three young hackers who were sentenced late last year for creating and spreading the notorious Mirai botnet are now helping the FBI to investigate other “complex” cybercrime cases in return to avoid their lengthy prison terms.
Paras Jha, 21 from New J… Continue reading Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Fight Cybercrime to Stay Out of Jail
Researchers said a Mirai botnet variant, possibly linked to the IoTroop or Reaper botnet, was leveraged in attacks against the financial sector. Continue reading Mirai Variant Targets Financial Sector With IoT DDoS Attacks
The cybersecurity threat landscape has never been more extensive and is most likely to grow exponentially in 2018.
Although the original creators of Mirai DDoS botnet have already been arrested and jailed, the variants of the infamous IoT malware are … Continue reading New Mirai Okiru Botnet targets devices running widely-used ARC Processors
Although the original creators of the infamous IoT malware Mirai have already been arrested and sent to jail, the variants of the notorious botnet are still in the game due to the availability of its source code on the Internet.
Hackers have widely us… Continue reading Satori IoT Botnet Exploits Zero-Day to Zombify Huawei Routers
The U.S. federal officials have arrested three hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world’s biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attac… Continue reading Three Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating IoT-based Mirai DDoS Botnet
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
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
Continue reading New Rapidly-Growing IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet
A hacker that goes by the name “BestBuy” admitted to a German court that he was behind an attack last year that knocked over a million Deutsche Telekom customers offline. Continue reading Hacker Admits to Mirai Attack Against Deutsche Telekom
Researchers find flaws in an internet-connected drill, but say minimal, hard-to-find bugs indicate there is hope for IoT security. Continue reading Internet-Enabled Drill Demonstrates IoT Security Done Right