2014 Accountability DDOS Firmware 
Krebs on Security
MAY 22, 2023
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. Chaput said that at one point last week the volume of bot accounts being registered for the crypto spam campaign started overwhelming the servers that handle new signups at Mastodon.social.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. According to the researchers, in the last months of 2019, the botnet was mainly involved in DDoS attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.
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Security Affairs
AUGUST 27, 2020
Taking this percentage into account, we can presume that out of 800,000 internet-connected printers across the world, at least 447,000 are unsecured. Bad actors can also take over unsecured printers and incorporate them into botnets in order to perform DDoS attacks , send spam, and more. The results. Change the default password.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
“The original infection method remains unknown, but during that phase malicious code is injected to the firmware of the target system, and the code is then run as part of normal operations within the device. DDoS attack, cryptocurrency miner, data harvesting). ” reads the report. After this the device has been compromised.
Security Affairs
JULY 25, 2018
EliteLands is using a 2-years old exploit that could be used to trigger tens of well-known vulnerabilities in the AVTech firmware. Many products of the vendor currently run the vulnerable firmware, including DVRs, NVRs, and IP cameras. “This is like a burner account,” Anubhav told Bleeping Computer.
SecureList
DECEMBER 14, 2022
For instance, according to the New York Times, in 2003, the United States made plans for a huge cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in Saddam Hussein’s bank accounts and cripple his government before the invasion of Iraq. It directly affected satellite modems firmwares , but was still to be understood as of mid-March.
Security Affairs
JULY 20, 2018
“Like any other IoT device, these robot vacuum cleaners could be marshalled into a botnet for DDoS attacks, but that’s not even the worst-case scenario, at least for owners. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.
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