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Mirai V3G4 botnet exploits 13 flaws to target IoT devices

Security Affairs

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022.

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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IoT device maker Sierra Wireless hit by Ransomware attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Canada-based Internet of Things (IoT) maker Sierra Wireless has been hit by ransomware attack bringing certain production operations of the company to a halt. The post IoT device maker Sierra Wireless hit by Ransomware attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Both Mirai and Hoaxcalls IoT botnets target Symantec Web Gateways

Security Affairs

Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012. The post Both Mirai and Hoaxcalls IoT botnets target Symantec Web Gateways appeared first on Security Affairs. ” concludes Palo Alto Networks. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Inside Mirai the infamous IoT Botnet: A Retrospective Analysis

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This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. At its peak, Mirai enslaved over 600,000 vulnerable IoT devices, according to our measurements.

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Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy

Krebs on Security

” THE MOST ACTIVE, PERSISTENT THREAT In 2012 (approximately three national cyber strategies ago), then director of the U.S. government working more closely with cloud and other Internet infrastructure providers to quickly identify malicious use of U.S.-based ” Many of the U.S. ” The strategy anticipates the U.S.

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Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems

Security Boulevard

That included an FBI counterintelligence investigation that began around 2012, when agents started monitoring the communications of a small group of Supermicro workers, using warrants obtained under the. The post Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard.