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Mozi Botnet is responsible for most of the IoT Traffic

Security Affairs

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. ” reads the report published by IBM.

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Adoption of Secure Cloud Services in Critical Infrastructure

CyberSecurity Insiders

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021

eSecurity Planet

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. As the enterprise attack surface grows, IoT is yet another attack vector organizations aren’t fully prepared to defend.

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DDoS Attacks Skyrocket, Kaspersky Researchers Say

eSecurity Planet

based organizations were the primary targets, accounting for 42.13% of all DDoS attacks, up more than three percentage points from the second quarter. It’s one of the most powerful botnets in history, and it acts similarly (not exactly) as the Mirai botnet , exploiting vulnerabilities in IoT devices and networks.

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Critical Apache Struts flaw CVE-2018-11776 exploited in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

The miners observed in this campaign target multiple architectures, including Intel, ARM, and MIPS. The three ELF binaries downloaded are executables for the Intel, ARM, and MIPS architectures. Researchers observed that the mining account name is the same as the BitBucket account name. continues the report from Volexity.

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How to Conduct a Vulnerability Assessment

Centraleyes

Today’s security teams face the challenge of monitoring the well-being and performance of a diverse array of on-premises and cloud applications, software, IoT devices, and remote networks. Network-Based Scans: Identify potential network security attacks and detect vulnerable systems on wired or wireless networks.

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Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them

eSecurity Planet

Service providers and 5G-enabled device manufacturers both have critical roles to play in the success and sustainability of this wireless network rollout. Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. IoT products are notoriously vulnerable appliances because the build prioritizes ease of use and connectivity.

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