Brother Printers Susceptible to Remote Denial of Service Attacks

Trustwave discloses an unpatched vulnerability in Brother printers with the Debut embedded webserver after numerous attempts to contact the vendor failed. Continue reading Brother Printers Susceptible to Remote Denial of Service Attacks

Hackers Prepping IOTroop Botnet with Exploits

Researchers warn that hackers have weaponized a vulnerability that could be used in an IOTroop (or Reaper) attack, bringing the likelihood of an attack one step closer. Continue reading Hackers Prepping IOTroop Botnet with Exploits

Google Warns of DoS and RCE Bugs in Dnsmasq

A domain name system server implementation is at risk of remote code execution, information exposure and denial-of-service attacks after a seven vulnerability were disclosed by Google and patched by the maintainers of Dnsmasq. Continue reading Google Warns of DoS and RCE Bugs in Dnsmasq

Malware Hunter: Find C&C servers for botnets

Recorded Future and Shodan released Malware Hunter, a specialized crawler for security researchers that explores the Internet to find computers acting as remote access trojan (RAT) command and control centers. What Malware Hunter does Malware Hunter unearths computers hosting RAT controller software that remotely controls malware-infected computers and instructs them to execute malicious activities such as recording audio, video, and keystrokes on a victim’s machine. Using command and control servers, attackers can launch widescale attacks … More Continue reading Malware Hunter: Find C&C servers for botnets

Malware Hunter Crawls Internet Looking for RAT C2s

A new crawler from Shodan and Recorded Future called Malware Hunter seeks out command and control servers managing endpoints infected with remote access Trojans and other malware. Continue reading Malware Hunter Crawls Internet Looking for RAT C2s

Malware Hunter — Shodan’s new tool to find Malware C&C Servers

Rapidly growing, insecure internet-connected devices are becoming albatross around the necks of individuals and organizations with malware authors routinely hacking them to form botnets that can be further used as weapons in DDoS and other cyber attack… Continue reading Malware Hunter — Shodan’s new tool to find Malware C&C Servers