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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

IoT devices (routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components) multiply every year. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Telnet, the overwhelmingly popular unencrypted IoT text protocol, is the main target of brute-forcing.

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 407 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers GoDaddy discloses a new data breach Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows (..)

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Inside Mirai the infamous IoT Botnet: A Retrospective Analysis

Elie

distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS). What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. OVH DDoS attack. Krebs on Security. via massive. August 2016.

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Beastmode Mirai botnet now includes exploits for Totolink routers

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Mirai-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) added exploits for Totolink routers. The Mirai -based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet Beastmode (aka B3astmode) now includes exploits for Totolink routers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Beastmode botnet).

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EP 31: Stopping the Mirai IoT Botnet, One CnC Server At A Time

ForAllSecure

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. Maybe our current approach to IoT botnets isn’t working? That would make this denial of service attack roughly twice as powerful as any similar previously recorded DDoS attack at the time. Davanian: This is Ali.

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Necro botnet now targets Visual Tools DVRs

Security Affairs

Operators behind the FreakOut (aka Necro, N3Cr0m0rPh) Python botnet have added a PoC exploit for Visual Tools DVR, a professional digital video recorder used in surveillance video systems. Unlike previous versions of the Necro bot, the latest one is able to launch DDoS attacks using TOR SOCKS proxies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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