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Cotopaxi – Tools For Security Testing Of Internet Of Things Devices

  Set of tools for security testing of Internet of Things devices using protocols like: CoAP, DTLS, HTCPCP, mDNS, MQTT, SSDP. Installation: Simply clone code from git: https://github.com/Samsung/cotopaxi Requirements: Currently Cotopaxi works only with Python 2.7.x, but future versions will work also with Python 3. If you have previous installation of scapy without scapy-ssl_tls, please remove it or […]

Thousands Of IoT Devices Are Vulnerable To Remote Code Execution

Security researchers from security firm Elttam have discovered a critical vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2017-17562) in GoAhead tiny web server that affects many IoT devices, the vulnerability allows attacker to execute malicious code remotely on affected devices. According to the researchers: This blog post details CVE-2017-17562, a vulnerability which can be exploited to gain reliable remote […]

AT&T DirecTV WVB Devices Are Vulnerable To Code Execution

The security vulnerability was discovered in the Linksys WVBR0-25 wireless video bridge, which was designed to enable the main Genie DVR to communicate over the air with clients’ Genie client boxes (up to 8) that are plugged into their televisions around the home. The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2017-17411) has been discovered by Ricky Lawshae (security […]

The new Linux/Rakos, malware threatening devices and servers under SSH scan (Again)

New linux Malware, dubbed Linux/Rakos is threatening devices and servers.The malware is written in the Go language and the binary is usually compressed with the standard  UPX tool. Linux/Rakos performed via brute force attempts at SSH logins, in a similar way to that in which many Linux worms operate, including Linux/Moose (which spread by attacking Telnet […]

Bill Shocker Malware controls 620,000 phones, Zombifies to sends expensive messages

NQ Mobile,a mobile security company that provides solution for protecting mobile device from malware, spyware, theft, and loss has found a new malware the “Bill Shocker” that has already infected over 620,000 users in only China and now posing a serious threat to all unprotected Android devices globally.  Net-Security reports that the Bill Shocker is a (SDK) developed by […]