IoT

Pierluigi Paganini November 04, 2016
ISIS Is Watching you: Islamic State Hacking Team Shares Access to Security Cameras Around the Word

BLACKOPS Cyber (BOC) reported to the authorities that a well-known ISIS hacking team was sharing access links to widely used surveillance systems. BLACKOPS Cyber (BOC), a U.S. based Cyber Intelligence firm, located a new type of threat in October which is indicative of the latest focus of the terrorist organization – technical resource development for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2016
Exclusive: MalwareMustDie spotted a new IoT Linux/IRCTelnet malware made in Italy

Exclusive: The security researcher MalwareMustDie has found a new Linux/IRCTelnet malware– made in Italy – that aims IoT botnet connected by IRC and Telnet. It is able to generate an IPv6 DDoS and performing NEW dangerous capabilities that Mirai was unable to cover. In  a brief interview to Security Affairs @unixfreakjp of MalwareMustDie group explains […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2016
Hacking back the Mirai botnet, technical and legal issues

Security researchers have found vulnerabilities in the source code of the Mirai botnet and devised a method to hack back it. The Mirai botnet, this name is familiar to security experts due to the massive DDoS attack that it powered against the Dyn DNS service a few days ago. The Mirai malware was first spotted […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2016
24 hours in the life of my home router by Francisco J. Rodriguez

Recently a massive DDoS attack has disconnected a large portion of users from the Internet, hackers exploited IoT devices. Is your router secure? “Are we ready to live in a world where all devices are exposed to cyber attacks?” That is how I opened my presentation in QurtubaCON16 – cyber security event at CĂłrdoba City (Spain) […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2016
NewWorldHackers and Anonymous behind massive DDoS attack on Dyn DNS service

NewWorldHackers & Anonymous powered the massive DDoS attack against the Dyn DNS service that caused a serious Internet outage for many netizens. The cyber attacks against the Dyn DNS service that affected a huge portion of Internet users in the US is monopolizing the media. IT security experts have no doubts, hackers powered the massive DDoS attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2016
Massive DDoS attack against Dyn DNS service, how and why

A massive DDoS attack targeted the Dyn DNS service and caused an extended Internet outage. How the attackers powered the attack? Yesterday a massive DDoS attack targeted the DNS service of the Dyn company, one of the most authoritative domain name system (DNS) provider, and caused an extended Internet outage. A large portion of Internet users was not able […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2016
Exclusive – ELF Linux/NyaDrop, a new IoT threat in the wild

Exclusive: interview made by @unixfreaxjp of MalwareMustDie for Security Affairs about the Linux/NyaDrop. The latest details about this new dangerous IoT malware. After the Krebs DDoS attacks the enrollment of new IoT botnets is going to grow and new large “zombie army” made by of web-ip-cam, DVR/NVR, routers/modems are invading the cyberspace. The evidence of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2016
SSHowDowN Proxy attacks – A 12-Year-Old SSH bug exposes more than 2M IoT Devices

Akamai Technologies revealed that hackers are exploiting a 12-year-old bug in OpenSSH to hack into millions of IoT devices with SSHowDowN Proxy attacks. IoT devices are a privileged target for hackers, design flaws and wrong configurations open to the attackers. Recently we read about massive DDoS attacks powered by huge botnets powered by hundreds of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2016
Apple Watches banned from UK cabinet meetings to prevent eavesdropping

The UK Government has decided to ban Apple Watches ban from the Cabinet over foreign eavesdropper fears, in 2013 occurred with the iPad. The political fears cyber espionage, the recent string of cyber attacks against the US Presidential election and the constant pressure of Chinese hackers urge a major awareness on the cyber threats. In 2013, cabinet ministers were banned from bringing […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2016
Reverse engineering a Smarter Coffee machine for fun and a security lesson

Simone Margaritelli has done a reverse engineering of the Smarter Coffee IoT Machine Protocol to control the machine from his terminal. What is the lesson? While security industry is stressing the need to adopt a security by design approach for IoT devices, security researchers continue to find flawed and poorly designed smart objects. Clearly, such kind of devices […]