Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
Mirai has been known as one of the most powerful botnets comprised of millions of hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices including routers, digital video recorders (DVRs) and security cameras. Mirai was also used by hackers to carry out one o… Continue reading Hackers behind Mirai botnet to avoid jail for working with the FBI
The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered. Continue reading FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around
The three hackers behind the infamous Mirai botnet have been helping law enforcement take down cybercriminals across the globe. Continue reading Mirai Masterminds Helping FBI Snuff Out Cybercrime
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
Security researchers have come across an unusual new botnet that infects Android devices over the debugging interface then searches for and removes cryptocurrency malware. The new botnet, dubbed Fbot by researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab team, … Continue reading Unusual IoT Botnet Removes Cryptomining Malware from Devices
Three men who operated and controlled the notorious Mirai botnet in October 2016 have been sentenced to five years of probation.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading The makers of the Mirai IoT-hijacking botnet are sentenced
Three men who operated and controlled the notorious Mirai botnet in October 2016 have been sentenced to five years of probation.
The post The makers of the Mirai IoT-hijacking botnet are sentenced appeared first on The State of Security.
The post The m… Continue reading The makers of the Mirai IoT-hijacking botnet are sentenced
A honeypot set up to sniff out data on infected IoT devices found a broad array of compromised devices – from Mikrotik routers to dishwashers. Continue reading ThreatList: Malware Samples Targeting IoT More Than Double in 2018
Quite the peculiar botnet was detected in the wild by Qihoo researchers. The botnet, dubbed Fbot and based on the code of Satori, appears to be “just going after and removing another botnet com.ufo.miner”. Fbot is displaying other forms of…. Continue reading Fbot Botnet Chases Down and Cleans Systems Infected with com.ufo.miner
By Waqas
Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered modified versions of the notorious Mirai and Gafgyt Internet of Things (IoT) malware. The malware have the capability of targeting flaws that affect Apache Struts and SonicWal… Continue reading Apache Struts & SonicWall’s GMS exploits key targets of Mirai & Gafgyt IoT malware