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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

In that spirit, we put together this blog post to explain the different hacker types and methods they use against us. Once the criminal redirects internet traffic to malicious websites or takes control of servers, the damage is inevitable. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 419 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs ( [link] ) as the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS Vote for me in the sections where is reported Securityaffairs or my name Pierluigi Paganini Please nominate Security Affairs as your favorite blog.

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Inside Mirai the infamous IoT Botnet: A Retrospective Analysis

Elie

This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS). OVH DDoS attack. Krebs on Security.

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Security Roundup December 2023

BH Consulting

It also found instances where virtual machines are exposed to the internet. Sounds like excessive surveillance? Privacy group the Electronic Frontier Federation welcomed Meta’s decision which would protect users from dragnet surveillance of the contents of their Facebook messages, “and not a moment too soon”.

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The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. For instance, malicious actors can use malware to enslave exposed IoT devices into a botnet and launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., At the same time, consumers are deeply concerned with how their data is collected and used.