Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2017
Security experts from security firm Check Point warn of a subtitles hack threatens Millions of devices. According to the experts at Check Point, hackers could exploit a new attack vector that uses malicious subtitles to compromise devices via their media players. Millions of users worldwide can be targeted due to security vulnerabilities in many popular streaming platforms, including VLC, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 12, 2017
Trend Micro has discovered a new attack on internet-based IP cameras and recorders powered by a new Internet of Things (IOT) bot dubbed PERSIRAI. Trend Micro has discovered a new attack on internet-based IP cameras and recorders. The new Internet of Things (IOT) attack called ELF_PERSIRAI has also been back-tracked to an Iranian research institute […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 11, 2017
Security experts at Nightwatch Cybersecurity have found serious flaws in the Asus RT wireless routers that could allow hackers to take over them. Security experts at Nightwatch Cybersecurity serious flaws in the Asus RT wireless routers. Dozens of models don’t implement an adequate protection against cross-site request forgery attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-5891, affects the Asus RT […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 11, 2017
Cisco patched the critical CVE-2017-3881 flaw that affects CISCO Catalyst switches and that can be potentially exploited by attackers to hijack networks. Cisco patched a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2017-3881, affecting its CISCO Catalyst switches that can be potentially exploited by attackers to hijack networks. The vulnerability was disclosed in the CIA Vault 7 data leak, according to Switchzilla […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2017
Security researchers discovered an SNMP flaw dubbed StringBleed that affects several models of Internet-connected devices. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) authentication bypass affects several IoT devices, hackers could exploit the issue by simply sending random values in specific requests. The problem, dubbed StringBleed and tracked as CVE 2017-5135, was reported by the security researchers Ezequiel Fernandez and Bertin Bervis. The SNMP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 27, 2017
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 Hajime that is spreading quickly in the last months, mostly in Brazil and Iran. The Hajime malware was first spotted in October 2016, it implements the same mechanism […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2017
Symantec observed the Hajime IoT malware leaving a message on the devices it infects, is it the work of a cyber vigilante? The Mirai botnet is the most popular thingbot, it is targeting poorly configured and flawed ‘Internet of Things’ devices since August 2016, when the threat was first discovered by the researcher MalwareMustDie. Many other bots threaten […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2017
Experts at IBM X-Force security firm warn of a new Mirai Botnet implementing Bitcoin crypto-currency mining capabilities. The Mirai botnet was first spotted in august 2016 by the security researcher MalwareMustDie, it was specifically designed to compromise vulnerable or poorly protected IoT. Once Mirai malware compromises an IoT device it recruits it into a botnet primarily used for […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 10, 2017
A German security researcher discovered how to retrieve the admin credentials from a TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with an evil text message Some bugs are very strange and dangerous, this is the case of a flaw affecting the TP-Link’s M5350 3G/Wi-Fi router that can expose admin credentials to an evil text message. The bug was discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 08, 2017
Security researchers have spotted a new threat dubbed Brickerbot botnet that causes permanent damage to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Months ago we anticipated the possible spike in the number of IoT botnets, at the beginning it was Mirai, but later other dangerous thingbot appeared in the wild such as the Leet Botnet and the Amnesia botnet. Now a […]
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