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Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2018
New HNS botnet has already compromised more than 20,000 IoT devices

A new botnet called Hide ‘N Seek (HNS botnet) appeared in the threat landscape, the malware is rapidly spreading infecting unsecured IoT devices, mainly IP cameras. The HNS botnet was first spotted on January 10th by malware researchers from Bitdefender, then it disappeared for a few days, and it has risen over the weekend. The number of infected systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2017
New IOT Attack Linked To Iran – Persirai Malware Strikes at IP Cameras in Latest IOT Attack

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 December 28, 2016
The Leet Botnet powered a 650 Gbps DDoS attack before Christmas

Just before Christmas a massive DDoS attack powered by a new botnet dubbed Leet Botnet hit the network of the firm Imperva. Security experts from the firm Imperva observed a massive attack against the company network on the morning of Dec. 21. The massive DDoS attack reached 650 Gbps, according to the researchers it was powered […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2014
Internet of Things – Security and privacy issues presented at ISACA Roma & OWASP Italy conference

Yesterday Pierluigi Paganini presented at the ISACA Roma & OWASP Italy conference the state of the art for the Internet of Things paradigm. Yesterday I presented at the ISACA Roma & OWASP Italy conference the state of the art for the Internet of Things paradigm. The presentation highlights the security and privacy issues for the […]

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