Security experts from Kaspersky have published an interesting report on the new trends in theĀ IoT threat landscape. What is infecting IoT devices and how? The researchersĀ set up a honeypot to collect data on infected IoT devices, the way threat actors infect IoT devices and what families of malware are involved. The first data that emerged […]
The mysterious Hajime Botnet continues to grow and reached 300,000 IoT Devices, the author also implemented a new attack method. Recently experts from Symantec spotted a new IoT botnet dubbed HajimeĀ that isĀ spreading quickly in the last months, mostly in Brazil and Iran. TheĀ Hajime malware was first spotted in October 2016, it implements the same mechanism […]
Symantec observed the Hajime IoT malware leaving a message on the devices it infects, is it the work of a cyber vigilante? The Mirai botnetĀ is the most popular thingbot, it is targeting poorly configured and flawed āInternet of Thingsā devices sinceĀ August 2016, when the threat was first discovered by the researcher MalwareMustDie. Many other botsĀ threaten […]