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BotenaGo botnet targets millions of IoT devices using 33 exploits

Security Affairs

Researchers at AT&T discovered a new BotenaGo botnet that is using thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. BotenaGo is a new botnet discovered by researchers at AT&T that leverages thirty three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. CVE-2016-6277 NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta,

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334.

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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

Alien Labs expects to see new campaigns based on BotenaGo variants targeting routers and IoT devices globally. As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. Figure 2 shows the initialization of 33 exploits.

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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Since then Portnox continued to add capabilities, launched the first cloud-native NAC in 2017, and now offers a NAC SaaS solution, Portnox Cloud. However, local RADIUS instances can be established to maintain protection even when internet connections are broken. but allows organizations to maintain full control over the deployment.

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Targeted assets: The need for cyber resilient infrastructure

Webroot

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t limited to the consumer sector. How can we prevent a replay of the 2017 attacks against Ukraine’s power grid from happening here? IoT devices are not going anywhere. The sorry state of cybersecurity in U.S. critical infrastructure is well-known within the industry.

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OPSWAT MetaAccess: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

The latest version of MetaAccess solution extends network access control to cover software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud resources, and a wide variety of “headless devices” such as internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), medical devices, and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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Zero Day Threats: Preparation is the Best Prevention

eSecurity Planet

A good example is the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017 that hit corporate networks running Microsoft Windows throughout the world as part of a larger global cyberattack. Other useful strategies for discovering these attacks include scanning the internet for malware, monitoring the dark web, and monitoring security forums.

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