Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2019

Hacker “Subby” brute-forces the backends of 29 IoT botnets that were using weak or default credentials. A hacker that goes online with the moniker ‘Subby’ took over 29 IoT botnets in the past few week s with brute-force attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

XorDDoS, a Linux Trojan known for its modularity and stealth, was first discovered in 2014 by the white hat research group, MalwareMustDie (MMD). Security IoT devices. If you have an IoT device at home, know there are ways to secure it. If you plan to get an IoT device soon, buy from a well-known brand.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Security experts from Kaspersky have published an interesting report on the new trends in the IoT threat landscape. What is infecting IoT devices and how? The researchers set up a honeypot to collect data on infected IoT devices, the way threat actors infect IoT devices and what families of malware are involved.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. The researchers revealed that one of his honeypots was hit by this IoT malware that targets Intel machines running Linux. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnet , including Satori. Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington, aka Nexus Zeta, pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

One year ago in February, the major eBay hack was in progress, eventually resulting in over 233 million passwords being stolen. 10 Million Passwords Leaked Online. Security consultant Mark Burnett leaked 10 million usernames and passwords online through his personal blog last week, in a very risky move. Worst Passwords of 2014.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A security researcher disclosed zero-day flaws in Telestar Digital GmbH IoT radio devices that could be exploited by remote attackers to hijack systems without any user interaction. Kunz and his colleagues were able to brute-force the IoT radio in just 10 minutes and achieve root access with full privileges. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

Experts discovered security flaws in the iLnkP2P peer-to-peer (P2P) system that exposes millions of IoT devices to remote attacks. The iLnkP2P system allows users to remotely connect to their IoT devices using a mobile phone or a PC. Potentially affected IoT devices include cameras and smart doorbells. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM Russia-linked APT group is compromising common IoT devices to gain access to several corporate networks. Researchers at Microsoft observed the Russia-linked APT group STRONTIUM abusing IoT devices to gain access to several corporate networks. ” IoT risk must be taken seriously. ” continues Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Security experts from Sophos Labs have spotted a new piece of IoT malware tracked as Chalubo that is attempting to recruit devices into a botnet used to launch DDoS attacks. The IoT malware ran only on systems with an x86 architecture. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

To perform the experiment, we used Internet of Things (IoT) search engines to search for open devices that utilized common printer ports and protocols. After filtering out most of the false positives, we were left with more than 800,000 printers that had network printing features enabled and were accessible over the internet.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The news is not surprising, unfortunately in many cases IoT devices, including IP cameras, are deployed without proper security measures. As worrying as it may seem, this comes as a clear reminder that when cameras are placed on the internet, they must be properly installed with security in mind.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Security researchers discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off them. The communications are not encrypted, however the WiFi password is sent encrypted during set up (albeit trivial to decrypt).” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. “In such an event, the victim could lose access to the console and even a shell, and thereby would not be able to re-establish a new password.” ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456’ Avast researchers found at least 600,000 GPS trackers manufactured by a Chinese vendor that were exposed online with a default password of “123456.” The use of default passwords represents a serious problem also for the Chinese vendor.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Even before the appearance of the word (I)IoT, I was breaking hardware devices, as many of you, with a multitude of debuggers (i.e. Artifacts extracted from the FW analysis: Smartlock Passwords & User’s Logs. But it saves my time while hacking (I)IoT targets. SecurityAffairs – hacking IoT, Focaccia board).

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. Change the default username and passwords for all network devices, especially IoT devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Researchers found more than 100 smart irrigation systems running ICC PRO that were left exposed online without a password last month. The ICC PRO systems were deployed with default factory settings, which don’t have a password for the default user’s account. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

In a typical PPI network, clients will submit their malware—a spambot or password-stealing Trojan, for example —to the service, which in turn charges per thousand successful installations, with the price depending on the requested geographic location of the desired victims. But on Dec.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2018

An attacker could use IoT search engines such as ZoomEye or Shodan to scan the internet for devices having default passwords. “Hence the attacker can craft a ZoomEye / Shodan dork to implicitly get a list of the devices having default password. ” reads the blog post published by the expert.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2018

“The Guardzilla IoT-enabled home video surveillance system contains a shared Amazon S3 credential used for storing saved video data. It has a CVSSv3 base score of 8.6 , since once the password is known, any unauthenticated user can collect the data from any affected system over the internet.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

These Mirai variants are the first one that doesn’t target Internet of Things devices, the bot was specifically developed to target Linux servers. These versions of Mirai behave much like the original but are tailored to run on Linux servers and not underpowered IoT devices.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

. “According to court documents, the botnets were initially based largely on the source code previously developed by other individuals to create the Mirai botnet;” In September 2019, Schuchman pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. ” the DoJ concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

Gafgyt is a popular choice for launching large-scale DDoS attacks, it first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014. The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. The botnet implements multiple obfuscation techniques to avoid detection and hides C2 on the Tor network.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login portal up on port 88, the access is password protected, but the password is hardcoded in the HTLM of login page. These Davolink dvw 3200 routers have their login portal up on port 88, the access is password protected. function clickApply(sel). {. function clickApply(sel). {.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

California recently became the first state in the union to pass a cybersecurity law addressing “smart” devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The term IoT generally refers to anything connected to the internet, including smart home devices (e.g., Amazon’s Alexa, NEST thermostats, etc.).

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

California recently became the first state in the union to pass a cybersecurity law addressing “smart” devices and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The term IoT generally refers to anything connected to the internet, including smart home devices (e.g., Amazon’s Alexa, NEST thermostats, etc.).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

Gafgyt is a popular choice for launching large-scale DDoS attacks, it first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014. The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. The Enemybot botnet borrows the code from the Gafgyt bot and re-used some codes from the infamous Mirai botnet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2019

“Like most internet of things devices, the Wi-Fi module acts initially as in AP mode. “It said it was working with more than 1,000 owners in the UK and others globally to set up a system of individual usernames and passwords to secure the online controls. SecurityAffairs – IoT, hacking). ” reported the BBC.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2019

After the disclosure of proof-of-exploit code for security flaws in Cisco RV320 and RV325 routers, hackers started scanning the Internet for vulnerable devices in an attempt to take compromise them. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Cisco RV320/RV325 routers, IoT).

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports. Rapid 7 estimates that there are upwards of 1.5

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers. Creator of multiple IoT botnets, including Satori, pleaded guilty. Over 600k GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of ‘123456. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Crooks stole €1.5

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

For example, the startup Proteus Digital Health back in 2014 created sensor-enabled pharmaceuticals that received hundreds of millions of dollars in investments. For the user, this means that if the wearable device is openly connected to the internet, then attackers can easily intercept the data it sends.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to IBM, OT attacks increased by over 2000 percent in 2019, most of them involved the Echobot IoT malware. In the OT attacks observed by IBM researchers, hackers attempted to exploit a combination of known ICS/SCADA vulnerabilities, as well as password-spraying attacks. ” concludes IBM. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2018

GhostDNS scans for the IP addresses used by routers that use weak or no password then accesses them and changes the DNS settings to a rogue DNS server operated by the attackers. Experts believe this sub-module is the core module of DNSChanger that allows attackers to scan the Internet to find vulnerable routers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The flaw affects the procedure for changing expired passwords, the backdoor could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious commands with root privileges on the machine running vulnerable Webmin. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

The Internet of Things is a remarkable benchmark in human technological advancement. In 2014, the personal records of some 40 million Target shoppers, including names and credit card numbers, were stolen by hackers. Their way in was through the company’s internet-connected HVAC system.

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