Malwarebytes
JUNE 3, 2022
Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Don’t ruin your device.
Security Boulevard
JANUARY 26, 2022
In this analysis we’ll take a closer look at the Internet connected infrastructure behind the U.S Election 2016 campaign in terms of malicious activity and offer practical and relevant including actionable threat intelligence on their whereabouts. Elections 2016 campaign: linuxkrnl[.]net. password-google[.]com.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 5, 2019
Researchers at AT&T Alien Labs have spotted a malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords. Experts at AT&T Alien Labs discovered a new piece of malware called Xwo that is actively scanning the Internet for exposed web services and default passwords.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 18, 2023
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.
Penetration Testing
JANUARY 1, 2024
The Mirai botnet first emerged in 2016, a formidable threat in the digital landscape. It infiltrated the Internet of Things (IoT) by exploiting weak passwords and vulnerabilities in devices.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
In 2016, the Mirai botnet leveraged millions of Internet-of-Things devices with default admin passwords to launch a denial-of-service attack that disabled major Internet platforms and services in both North America and Europe. Or an attack on the power grid, similar to what Russia did to the Ukraine in 2015 and 2016.
Malwarebytes
OCTOBER 3, 2022
I have an embarrassing confession to make: I reuse passwords. I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a password manager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. It seems obvious and important therefore to tell users not to reuse passwords.
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