Internet of Things

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Trend Micro observed notable malware activity associated with the Momentum Botnet

Security experts recently found notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Malware researchers from Trend Micro recently observed notable malware activity affecting devices running Linux that is associated with the Momentum Botnet. Experts revealed details on the tools and techniques used by the botnet to compromise Linux devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2019
TP-Link Archer routers allow remote takeover without passwords

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. TP-Link addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-7405) in its TP-Link Archer routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely take their control over LAN via a Telnet connection without authentication. “This is a zero-day flaw that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 244

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs SEC Xtractor – Experts released an open-source hardware analysis tool US authorities charged Dridex gang members for stealing over $100 Million A bug in the decryptor for the Ryuk ransomware could cause data loss China 3-5-2 directive orders […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 24, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 241

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Experts found undocumented access feature in Siemens SIMATIC PLCs Tianfu Cup 2019 Day 1 – Chinese experts hacked Chrome, Edge, Safari, Office365 Crooks use carding bots to check stolen card data ahead of the holiday season Experts report […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 239

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Controversial law entered into effect in Russia this week First Cyber Attack ‘Mass Exploiting BlueKeep RDP Flaw Spotted in the Wild New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers Everis and Spains radio network Cadena SER hit by ransomware Exclusive […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2019
Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers

Bitdefender discovered a high-severity security flaw in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that could allow nearby attackers to steal WiFi password. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell is a smart wireless home security doorbell camera that allows users to use to remotely control their doorbell. Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell allows users to interact with anyone on their […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2019
New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers

Palo Alto Networks discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet composed of Home & Small Office Wireless routers used to attack gaming servers. Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new version of Gafgyt botnet targeting home & small office wireless routers, including Zyxel and Huawei routers, as well as devices with Realtek RTL81xx chipset. According […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2019
Thousands of Xiaomi FURRYTAIL pet feeders exposed to hack

A Russian security researcher accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. The Russian security researcher Anna Prosvetova, from Saint Petersburg, has accidentally discovered API and firmware issues that allowed her to take over all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders. Last week, Prosvetova revealed on her private […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2019
D-Link router models affected by remote code execution issue that will not be fixed

Researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs have publicly disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting some models of D-Link routers.  Security experts at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-16920. The vulnerability is an unauthenticated command injection issue that was discovered on September 2019. The flaw has received a CVSS v31 base […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 03, 2019
Dutch police shut down bulletproof service hosting tens of DDoS botnets

Dutch police seized a bulletproof hosting service in a major takedown, the infrastructure was used by tens of IoT botnets involved in DDoS attacks. A joint operation conducted by the Netherlands’ National Criminal Investigation Department and National Cyber Security Center allowed to track down and seize five servers that were composing a cybercrime underground bulletproof […]