Internet of Things

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2018
5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

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 Insights from VDOO’s leadership 2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT) – massive attacks and various botnets, a leap in regulation and standards, and increased adoption […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 192 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! STOLEN PENCIL campaign, hackers target academic institutions. WordPress […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2018
M2M protocols can be abused to attack IoT and IIoT systems

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. According to a study conducted by experts from Trend Micro and the Polytechnic University of Milan. attackers abuse M2M protocols to target IoT and IIoT devices. The experts analyzed the M2M protocols, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2018
ETERNALSILENCE – 270K+ devices vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet build using NSA hacking tools

Over 270,000 connected devices run vulnerable implementations of UPnP, threat actors are attempting to recruit them in a multi-purpose botnet. In April, Akamai reported that threat actors compromised 65,000 home routers by exploiting vulnerabilities in Universal Plug’N’Play (UPnP), experts tracked the botnet as UPnProxy.  Now the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2018
Experts found first Mirai bot targeting Linux servers via Hadoop YARN flaw

Security experts from Netscout Asert discovered more than ten Mirai bot variants attempting to exploit a recently disclosed flaw in Hadoop YARN on Intel servers. These Mirai variants are the first one that doesn’t target Internet of Things devices, the bot was specifically developed to target Linux servers. The Hadoop YARN is vulnerability is a command injection […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 189 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      CVE-2018-15961: Adobe ColdFusion Flaw exploited in attacks in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2018
Hacking the hackers – IOT botnet author adds his own backdoor on top of a ZTE router backdoor

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. Ironically, this is not the only backdoor in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 188 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Apple T2 security chip in new MacBooks disconnects Microphone […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2018
BCMPUPnP_Hunter Botnet infected 400k routers to turn them in email spammers

Security researchers at 360 Netlab have discovered a new spam botnet, dubbed BCMPUPnP_Hunter, that likely already infected around 400,000 machines to date. Security experts from 360 Netlab security firm have recently discovered a new spam botnet, dubbed BCMPUPnP_Hunter, that mainly targets routers that have the BroadCom UPnP feature enabled. The BCMPUPnP_Hunter was first spotted in September, but researchers […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2018
A few dollars to bring down sites with new Bushido-based DDoS-for-hire service

Security researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new DDoS-for-hire service called “0x-booter” built with leaked code that implements an easy to use interface. “0x-booter” first appeared on October 17, 2018,  a post published on Facebook advertises over 500 Gbps of power and 20,000 bots. “During our regular monitoring, the FortiGuard Labs team recently discovered a new platform […]