Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Hackers have infected with a piece of malware some IoT devices running Windows 7 designed by three of the world’s largest manufacturers. Security experts from TrapX reported that some IoT devices running Windows 7 have been infected with a piece of malware, is it a supply chain attack? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Attackers could leverage a compromised identifier to use mobile Internet at the legitimate user’s expense and carry out fraud and impersonation, Attackers can also hijack user session data containing relevant identifiers (e.g., phone number) of a real subscriber and impersonate him to access the Internet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2019

Researchers from WootCloud Labs have uncovered a new IoT botnet named Ares that is targeting Android-based devices. Experts from WootCloud Labs have spotted a new IoT botnet tracked as Ares that is targeting Android-based devices that have a debug port exposed online. IoT #malware branches seen in ???????? .

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Silex is not the first IoT malware with this behavior, back in 2017 BrickerBot bricked millions of devices worldwide. pic.twitter.com/Ue661ku0fy — Larry W. ” reported ZDnet.

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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. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Security Labs discovered a new IOT bot named “GUCCI”. It seems like the IOT botnet is named after an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods. The IOT threat detection engine picked the infection IP has shown below hosting number of bins for different architectures. Inference. 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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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Chaput said the spammers used more than 1,500 Internet addresses across 400 providers to register new accounts, which then followed popular accounts on Mastodon and sent private mentions to the followers of those accounts. Quotpw/Ahick/Edgard/ципа advertising his coding services in this Google-translated forum posting.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

Researchers spotted a new version of the Mirai IoT botnet that includes an exploit for a vulnerability affecting Comtrend routers. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new version of the Mirai Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that includes an exploit for the CVE-2020-10173 vulnerability impacting Comtrend routers.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Researchers from from Netlab, the network security division of Chinese tech giant Qihoo 360, have discovered a new botnet, tracked as HEH, that contains the code to wipe all data from infected systems, such as routers, IoT devices, and servers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

fitness chains Town Sports leaked online Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS? fitness chains Town Sports leaked online Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The seven remaining servers are not traditional command-and-control servers but rather internet of things (IoT) devices Trickbot infected and was using as part of its server infrastructure; these are in the process of being disabled. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Microsoft announced to have taken down 62 of the original 69 TrickBot C&C servers, seven servers that could not be brought down last week were Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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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

JULY 22, 2023

The researchers warned that as of May 19, there were at least 42,000 instances of Zyxel devices on the public internet. Internet-wide sweeps seen by over 700 of our IKEv2 aware honeypot sensors, since May 26th. In June, researchers from Rapid7 also confirmed that they are tracking reports of ongoing exploitation of CVE-2023-28771.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“Check Point’s researchers showed how a threat actor could exploit an IoT network (smart lightbulbs and their control bridge) to launch attacks on conventional computer networks in homes, businesses or even smart cities.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2019

Operators behind the Echobot botnet added new exploits to infect IoT devices, and also enterprise apps Oracle WebLogic and VMware SD-Wan. The latest Echobot variant targets flaws in IoT devices and in enterprise systems as well. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

In a few days back, the MalwareMustDie team’s security researcher unixfreaxjp has published a new Linux malware analysis of Fbot that has focused on the decryption of the last encryption logic used by its bot client. This wave is a significant timeline as a technology step-up for DDoS botnet and IoT malware development.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

It is quite easy to find Wind River VxWorks in IoT devices, including webcam, network appliances, VOIP phones, and printers. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass traditional security solutions and take full control over vulnerable devices without requiring any user interaction.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The company states that the attacker can exploit the flaw only if he has access to the device network or the device has direct interface with the Internet. The analysis of captured packet data, allowed Fortinet researchers to track down a Telegram channel used to advertise DDoS services since August. ” concludes Fortinet.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Internet-connected embedded devices are often placed into a broader category referred to as IoT devices. According to the experts, the level of security for IoT devices is slightly improved since SOHOpelessly Broken 1.0, Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

And do security and privacy have a seat at the table at the world's largest electronics event? We sit down with IoT luminary and. » Related Stories Spotlight: as Attacks Mount, how to secure the Industrial Internet Die Hard is a Movie About Building Automation Insecurity. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2023

Threat actors behind the campaign aimed at building a botnet to use for a range of criminal activities from password spraying to digital advertising fraud. .”” reads the analysis published by Lumen. The AVrecon malware was written in C to ensure portability and designed to target ARM-embedded devices. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Dutch police seized a bulletproof hosting service in a major takedown, the infrastructure was used by tens of IoT botnets involved in DDoS attacks. The servers were hosted at an unnamed data center in Amsterdam, it was used by tens of IoT botnets involved in DDoS attacks worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Microsoft announced to have taken down 62 of the original 69 TrickBot C&C servers, seven servers that could not be brought down last week were Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Trickbot).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

.” Experts confirmed that more issues are still under disclosure and that the list of impacted SoC vendors is longer, and the number of IoT products designed on top of vulnerable SoCs still need independent patches from their respective vendors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2019

The Miori bot targets IoT devices having SSH and Telnet services exposed online and that are poorly secured. “Regardless of the reason behind its design, the malware’s routine is generally similar to typical Mirai variants: infect vulnerable IoT devices and use them as platforms for launching a DDoS attack.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Crooks stole €1.5

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The Niagara Framework is a universal software infrastructure developed by Tridium that allows building controls integrators , HVAC and mechanical contractors to build custom, web-enabled applications for accessing, automating and controlling smart devices real-time via local network or over the Internet. SecurityAffairs – Tridium, IoT).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Researchers at IoT security firm Armis discovered a set of five serious vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) protocol. 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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

When targeted by a threat actor, the honeypot system uses their intrusion attempt to gain valuable information about the attacker. In order to capture malware and monitor cyberattacks across the internet in real-time, we run multiple honeypot systems that are contained in isolated execution environments, otherwise known as containers.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes IBM. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

The devices continue to leak the information even when their firewall is turned on. The expert used the Binary Edge IoT search engine to find vulnerable devices, earlier this week he discovered 25,617 routers that were leaking a total of 756,565 unique MAC addresses. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – LinkSys, Data leak).

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