Internet of Things

Tens of thousands of compromised routers abused in WordPress attacks

Hackers exploited the CVE-2014-9222 flaw, also known as 'Misfortune Cookie', to hack thousands of home routers and abuse them for…

9 years ago

The Mirai botnet is back and includes a Bitcoin Mining component

Experts at IBM X-Force security firm warn of a new Mirai Botnet implementing Bitcoin crypto-currency mining capabilities. The Mirai botnet was…

9 years ago

How to get admin credentials from TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with a text message

A German security researcher discovered how to retrieve the admin credentials from a TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with an evil…

9 years ago

Brickerbot botnet, the thingbot that permanently destroys IoT devices

Security researchers have spotted a new threat dubbed Brickerbot botnet that causes permanent damage to Internet of Things (IoT) devices.…

9 years ago

IoT Amnesia Botnet puts at risk hundreds of thousands of DVRs due to unpatched flaw

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new Linux/IoT botnet dubbed Amnesia botnet that has been targeting digital…

9 years ago

Hacking Smart TVs remotely leveraging broadcasting signals

A security expert demonstrated how to hack SmartTV using a low-cost transmitter for embedding malicious commands into a rogue DVB-T…

9 years ago

Imperva observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet unleashes 54-Hour DDoS attack

According to security experts at Imperva, a newly discovered variant of the Mirai botnet was used to power a 54-hour…

9 years ago

Miele Professional PG 8528 washer-disinfector affected by a Web Server Directory Traversal

An Internet-Connected Medical Washer-Disinfector, the Miele's model Professional PG 8528, is affected by a Web Server Directory Traversal. While the…

9 years ago

ELF_IMEIJ, a new Linux malware is spreading in the wild

Security experts from Trend Micro discovered a new family of Linux malware, tracked as ELF_IMEIJ, targeting AVTech surveillance devices. Security…

9 years ago

Do you want your own IoT botnet? 185,000+ Wi-Fi-connected cameras are open to hack

The researcher Pierre Kim revealed that more than 185,000 vulnerable Wi-Fi-connected cameras are exposed to the Internet, ready to be…

9 years ago

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