GlobalSign

JULY 16, 2025

Atlas - Digital Identity Platform Certificate Lifecycle Management Atlas Discovery Managed PKI ACME Certificate Automation Manager PKI for IoT Edge Enroll - IoT Identity Platform IoT Partner Program PKI for DevSecOps Post Quantum Computing Document Signing Secure your documents and improve workflows with digital signatures and seals.

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GlobalSign

JULY 14, 2025

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Cybersecurity is on the brink of significant transformation as we approach 2025, grappling with escalating complexities driven by advancements in technology, increasing geopolitical tensions, and the rapid adoption of AI and IoT. Ransomware remains a prominent threat, but the methods have evolved.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The malware stole data and encrypted files to block remediation attempts. “The malware that exploited the vulnerability discovered by Guan was designed to steal information from infected computers and to encrypt files on them if a victim attempted to remediate the infection. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2025

Podcast TechstrongTV - Twitch Library Related Sites Techstrong Group Cloud Native Now DevOps.com Security Boulevard Techstrong Research Techstrong TV Techstrong.tv Podcast DevOps Chat DevOps Dozen DevOps TV Copyright © 2025 Techstrong Group Inc.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A pivotal moment came when the FBI obtained over 7,000 decryption keys, allowing victims to unlock their encrypted data for free. Despite these setbacks, LockBit attempted to maintain its operations, quickly adapting by changing encryption methods and shifting its leak site strategy.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 17, 2025

Collectively known as IoT (Internet of Things) devices, these connected objects have a nasty habit of collecting our data without us really understanding what they’re doing. The guidance highlights data that IoT vendors might collect. The security aspect of IoT is perhaps one of the most important of all.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2025

Learn More To explore the full analysis and see why Thales was named an overall leader, download the full 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Enterprise Secrets Management for Humans, Workloads, and Things, and for further background, join our webinar entitled A Comprehensive Guide to Protecting Secrets and APIs.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2025

Podcast TechstrongTV - Twitch Library Related Sites Techstrong Group Cloud Native Now DevOps.com Security Boulevard Techstrong Research Techstrong TV Techstrong.tv Podcast DevOps Chat DevOps Dozen DevOps TV Copyright © 2025 Techstrong Group Inc.

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GlobalSign

JUNE 25, 2025

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. He found that 39 percent of the vulnerable IoT things were in China; another 19 percent are located in Europe; seven percent of them are in use in the United States.

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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. Improper encryption. Vicious insider.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2020

Encryption is a cornerstone of digital commerce. Related: A ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption solution We know very well how to encrypt data in transit. And we’ve mastered how to encrypt — and decrypt — data at rest. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

IoT devices (routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components) multiply every year. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Telnet, the overwhelmingly popular unencrypted IoT text protocol, is the main target of brute-forcing.

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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 attackers encrypt both the main bot component and its corresponding Lua script using the ChaCha stream cipher.”

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What Is Encryption Key Management? To keep data safe, it is encrypted and decrypted using encryption keys. Types of Encryption Keys. There are two main types of encryption keys : symmetric and asymmetric. Symmetric key encryption uses a single key to both encrypt and decrypt data. brooke.crothers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Since March 2023, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet targeting multiple vulnerabilities in popular IoT devices. The attack chain commences with the exploitation of one of the above issues, then the threat actor tries to download a shell script downloader from a remote server.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022. to the console.

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SecureList

JULY 6, 2022

Among the various offensive security techniques, vulnerability assessment takes priority when it comes to analyzing the security of IoT/IIoT devices. The vulnerability assessment of IoT/IIoT devices is based on analyzing their firmware. The device is based on the HiSilicon platform and runs Linux.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

For all the good TLS has done, it has also made it much easier for attackers to download and install malicious modules and exfiltrate stolen data,” Schiappa says. TLS is a component of the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , the system used to encrypt data, as well as to authenticate individual users and the web servers they log onto.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

According to statistica the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected will rise to 23 billion this year. From industrial machinery and intelligent transportation to health monitoring and emergency notification systems, a broad range of IoT devices are already being deployed by enterprises.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. Connected things are what make the IoT – sensors, cameras, wearable electronics, medical devices, automatic controls. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect. The IoT is not making the job of securing networks any easier.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2021

Researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo found multiple vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module that could allow to elevate privileges and hijack wireless communications. In the video PoC published by the researchers, on the right-hand-side window as “Sending malicious encrypted GTK”. ” continues the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

Digital transformation realized through new 5G-enabled IoT, Operational Technologies (OT) and IT use cases are no exception. CRN has named AT&T to its 2021 Edge Computing 100 list – with recognition as one of those driving innovation in the IoT and 5G Edge Services Category.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Muhstik botnet leverages known web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, now it targeting Oracle WebLogic, Drupal. Muhstik is a botnet that is known to use web application exploits to compromise IoT devices, it has been around for at least 2018. In the first stage of the attack, a payload downloads the other components.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

More than half (57%) cited Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a major worry, with IoT hot on its heels with 55%. Ubiquitous Connectivity, Pervasive Threats In the era of ubiquitous connectivity, IoT and 5G bring about pervasive threats too. However, IoT and OT devices face persistent security challenges.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In the previous month we covered the mystery behind the Mirai botnet variant dubbed as “Fbot” after the threat’s latest encryption was disclosed by security researcher unixfreaxjp of the MalwareMustDie team. Is it a new trick in IoT infection? Don’t trust me, trust the number” , said the researcher who figured the come-back …”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2021

The traffic was TLS-encrypted, so the researchers focused on the router and investigate the presence of security weaknesses that can be exploited by threat actors. The experts downloaded the firmware for the device from Netgear’s website and noticed that the anomalous communication used the standard port that HTTPd server.

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SecureList

APRIL 13, 2023

Recently we explored the topic of infection methods, including malvertising and malicious downloads. RapperBot: “intelligent brute forcing” RapperBot, based on Mirai (but with a different C2 command protocol), is a worm infecting IoT devices with the ultimate goal to launch DDoS attacks against non-HTTP targets.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In June, the FBI announced that it had obtained over 7,000 decryption keys for files encrypted by Lockbit ransomware attacks. Number of new ransomware modifications, Q2 2023 – Q2 2024 ( download ) Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans In Q2 2024, Kaspersky solutions protected 85,819 unique users from ransomware Trojans.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 14, 2019

Digital transformation is driving IT modernization, IoT, and cloud migrations at a record pace in the federal government. Cloud vendors offer their own recipes for authentication, encryption and key management, but lack of resources and expertise can make it challenging to craft new security policies that govern all.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Number of router vulnerabilities according to cve.mitre.org, 2010–2022 ( download ). Number of router vulnerabilities according to nvd.nist.gov, 2010–2022 ( download ). Distribution of router vulnerabilities by priority, 2021 ( download ). Attacks by this malware as a percentage of all attacks on Kaspersky IoT honeypots in 2021.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In October one of the honeypots of the company captured the bot, its downloader , and some bot modules. “Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

The name RotaJakiro comes from the fact that the family uses rotate encryption and behaves differently for root/non-root accounts when executing. Reporting device information Stealing sensitive information File/Plugin management (query, download, delete) Execution of specific Plugin. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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SecureList

JUNE 6, 2025

The POST request contains a malicious command that is a single-line shell script which downloads and executes an ARM32 binary on the compromised machine. The DVR bot is also based on the Mirai source code but it includes different features as well, such as string encryption using RC4, anti-VM checks, and anti-emulation techniques.

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