Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Security researchers provided technical details about an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint that has been exploiting two zero-days in Tenda routers. Security researchers at Netlab, the network security division Qihoo 360, have published a report that details an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

How to hack IoT & RF Devices with BürtleinaBoard. Few months ago I have presented #FocacciaBoard : a similar multipurpose breakout board that uses the famous FT232H to handle multiple protocols commonly found in (I)IoT devices (i.e. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. IoT devices are exposed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. IoT is a complicated concept.

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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

MAY 5, 2020

Security researchers spotted a new piece of DDoS bot dubbed Kaiji that is targeting IoT devices via SSH brute-force attacks. Last week, the popular security researcher MalwareMustDie and the experts at Intezer Labs spotted a new piece of malware dubbed Kaiji, that is targeting IoT devices via SSH brute-force attacks.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “ Satori ” botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and other “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. 2018 that Schuchman was Nexus Zeta.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. IoT Attacks in 2018. Do the increased attacks mean the industry is becoming accustomed to IoT cyber attacks? Three IoT Attack Avenues for 2019.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Both Mirai and Hoaxcalls IoT botnets target Symantec Web Gateways appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2020

The availability online of a new collection of Telnet credentials for more than 500,000 servers, routers, and IoT devices made the headlines. In August 2017, security researchers Ankit Anubhav found a list of more than 1,700 valid Telnet credentials for IoT devices online. 33000+ telnet credentials of IoT devices exposed on pastebin.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

First advertised in the cybercrime underground in 2014, RSOCKS was the web-based storefront for hacked computers that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their Web traffic through someone else’s device. At that time, RSOCKS was advertising more than 80,000 proxies. RSOCKS, circa 2016. Image: archive.org.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The researcher Ori Karliner and his team analyzed some of the most popular operating systems in the IoT market, including the FreeRTOS. FreeRTOS is an open-source operating system that runs on most of the small microprocessors and microcontrollers in IoT devices. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

For less than a dollar per day, Faceless customers can route their malicious traffic through tens of thousands of compromised systems advertised on the service. In January 2023, the Faceless service website said it was willing to pay for information about previously undocumented security vulnerabilities in IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new IoT botnet, tracked as Dark Nexux, that is used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Dark Nexux is the name of a new emerging IoT botnet discovered by Bitdefender that is used to launch DDoS attacks. The man advertises its botnets on a YouTube channel. through 8.6).

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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. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Avast spotted a new IoT botnet, tracked as Torii, that appears much more sophisticated and stealth of the numerous Mirai variants previously analyzed. Security researchers spotted a new IoT botnet, tracked as Torii, that appears much more sophisticated and stealth of the numerous Mirai variants previously analyzed. 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 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

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The author of an IoT botnet is distributing a backdoor script for ZTE routers that also includes his own backdoor to hack script kiddies. A weaponized IoT exploit script is being used by script kiddies, making use of a vendor backdoor account to hack the ZTE routers. Backdooring rival IoT botnet operator can have several purposes.

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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. Figure 4: Gucci Bot – Source of Distribution.

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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

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. ’ ~ 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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The Hide and Seek (HNS) IoT botnet was first spotted early this year, since its discovery the authors continuously evolved its code. It is currently the first IoT malware that implements a persistence mechanism to keep devices infected after reboots. . Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

After 2 years of waiting, MalwareMustDie returns with an excellent page of malware analysis of a new IoT malware: Linux/AirDropBot. The beginning of the story: another IoT malware in the wild? Coming to the core topic: IoT botnet threat and their ecosystem.

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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

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

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

DECEMBER 4, 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. attackers abuse M2M protocols to target IoT and IIoT devices. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

The report also states that experts observed a spike in the number of cyberattacks against IoT devices carried out by IoT malware. million IoT attacks. million IoT attacks, which outpaces the first two quarters of last year by 55%.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

“The group distributes the bot by exploiting a common command injection vulnerability on internet of things (IoT) devices and Linux servers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

It was one of several oddities Leemans found in a device meant to count users going in and out of stores known as the FootfallCam 3D Plus, shortcomings that ranged from security to advertising claims. legislation requires minimal security standards for federal purchases of IoT equipment. Most people don’t even give it a second thought.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 30, 2025

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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. But it saves my time while hacking (I)IoT targets. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking IoT, Focaccia board).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Mirai enslaves poorly secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers for use in large-scale online attacks. Not long after Mirai first surfaced online in August 2016, White and Jha were questioned by the FBI about their suspected role in developing the malware.

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