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Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet. Dubbed ‘IoT_reaper,’ first spotted in September by researchers at firm Qihoo 360, the new malware no longer depends on cracking weak passwords; […]
A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns. Last week we reported how hackers could leveraging an old Microsoft Office feature called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), to perform malicious code execution on the targeted device without requiring Macros enabled or memory […]
Cybercriminals apparently are well aware of the fact that Minecraft is a truly profitable game perhaps that’s why they are eager on identifying new ways of exploiting it. Reportedly, there are a number of Minecraft oriented Android apps available on Google Play Store that are infecting devices and turning them into botnets. According to research […]
Kromtech’s security researchers have identified two point-of-sale (POS) malware strains namely AlinaPOS and JackPOS hosted on more than 4,000 ElasticSearch servers. It is the same platform that was targeted in the MongoDB ransomware campaign. In total there are over 15,000 servers on ElasticSearch that don’t possess any authentication and password protection while the POS malware […]
IT Security Vendors Successfully neutralized Deadly WireX Android Botnet through Collaboration – Google Removes Malicious Infected Apps from Play Store. Attacks like those launched through Mirai botnet in 2016 or WannaCry and NotPetya in 2017 had a global impact. Unsurprisingly, a whopping number of organizations were affected, and security experts were criticized left, right and center. […]
In 2007, IT security researchers at McAfee Labs discovered a malware called Pinkslipbot or Qakbot/QBot targeting banking users in the United States. Now, researchers have noticed that since 2016, a new variant of this malware (also known as Pinkslipbot) with its credential stealing and keylogging capabilities has been using millions of computers as its control servers even if its binaries were […]
Trend Micro has revealed that a number of malware families are targeting vulnerable IP cameras as hackers build more sophisticated viruses to fight against the increasing security measures with which manufacturers are responding. The four malware families As you may remember, it was recently reported that a malware named Persirai had been attacking numerous IP […]
A Botnet called “Bondnet” compromised more than 15,000 machine including Thousands of Windows servers and control all its Activities Remotely and recent Discover stats that “Bondnet” Suspect for mine different cryptocurrencies. Bondnet Botnet performance seems highly sophisticated and everyday more than 2000 Compromised Machines which equals to 12,000 cores reports to Bondnet Command & Control Server […]
[jpshare]A New Malware called “FalseGuide” Attacked Google Play Store users Nearly 2 Million Android User Infected along with Five additional apps and hide itself in Play store Almost 5 months since Nov 2016. Earlier Stage of this Malware Reached over 50,000 Installations, and hidden with 40 guide apps for games. “FalseGuide” Malware developed by […]
Short Bytes: A hacker, who goes by the name Janit0r, claims to have bricked more than 2 million insecure IoT devices. This hardware-damaging attack was launched using Permanent Denial of Service attacks (PDoS attacks) and targeting the flawed or misconfigured devices. Janit0r calls himself “The Doctor” who wishes that IoT industry will learn a lesson and get its […]
We have already seen a massive growth in the connected-car technology market over the past few years, and it is going to increase further more. But there are underlying threats hanging on the connected-car technology‘s users which if exploited can allow hackers to remotely shut down a targeted car. These threats were revealed by a […]
A new wave of cyber attacks was discovered by researchers, and this time, the targets are badly secured routers and other Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In these attacks, hacked bots are scanning the Internet in search of Linux-based routers and similar devices that aren’t properly protected. Every device that can be connected to the Internet comes […]
Last August, a Malware called Mirai was discovered. Now, it appears that it has a new variant that has launched a 54-hour DDoS-attack against an unnamed US college. According to Imperva Incapsula, the attack occurred a month ago on February 28, and yet it is only now that the news it out. Researchers believe it to be […]
According to the Nokia threat intelligence report- 2H 2016, the smartphone and IoT devices infection rate is rising rapidly over the past few years, and in the year 2016, the rate reached its peak. While, last year was a nightmare for the smartphone holders and most of all, for Android users. The trend of targeting […]
A botnet specialized in gift card fraud is using the infrastructure of nearly 1,000 websites to check the balance of several types of electronic gift cards in order to defraud legitimate card owners. Distil Networks, a cybersecurity firm specialized in bots attack detection, monitoring, and mitigation, says the botnet, nicknamed GiftGhostBot, has started attacks on […]
The number of Internet-of-Things (IoT), devices will reach more than 15 billion units by 2021, according to research from Juniper. As businesses and consumers accelerate adoption, we’re now on the cusp of an IoT revolution. The benefits of connected devices are massive and include better data, automation, and increased efficiency. From connected healthcare to smart […]
Short Bytes: The infamous Mirai botnet malware has finally entered the world of Microsoft Windows. An antivirus firm recently discovered a new variant of Mirai, which is now named Trojan.Mirai.1. The trojan uses Windows devices to increase Mirai’s botnet army by infecting Linux-based IoT devices. Notably, Mirai was the chief player in some of the biggest DDoS […]
Antivirus firms Dr.Web’s researchers have identified a new variant of Mirai bot, the infamous IoT malware. This new variant is capable of targeting Windows systems and can take on more ports than its Linux version. Dr.Web researchers have dubbed the new version as Trojan.Mirai.1. Mirai’s Windows version is in use by cybercriminals for infecting Internet […]
Brian Krebs, the famous Infosec journalist whose website KrebsOnSecurity was targeted with a massive amalgamation of Mirai botnets to launch a notorious DDoS attack in October 2016, has managed to identify the perpetrator of the crime. It seems Brian Krebs has been working hard to unmask the creator of Mirai botnet that has been creating havoc […]
A lot of DDoS movement on the Internet begins from supposed ‘booter/stresser’ administrations, which are DDoS-for-contract administrations which let even unsophisticated clients to dispatch high-affect assaults. What’s more, as we will see, the perpetual rivalry for benefits in the outrightly illicit DDoS-for-contract industry can lead those included down some extremely abnormal ways, to be sure. […]
Security experts from Imperva Security are describing Leet Botnet as more powerful than its counterpart botnet Mirai. In fact, Leet is being regarded as the winner of the title of most powerful DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack of 2016 with a humongous speed of 650 GBPS (gigabit per second) noticed recently by Imperva network. […]