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Last month, the US Department of Commerce released a report on the threat of botnets and what to do about it. I note that it explicitly said that the IoT makes the threat worse, and that the...
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A new botnet from the Dark Web displays a never-before-seen level of complexity in terms of the sheer breadth of its various tools.
It could happen, warns researcher BSides Tel Aviv Blockchain technologies might be abused to create a takedown-resistant infrastructure for botnets.…
On May 25, the FBI asked us all to reboot our routers. The story behind this request is one of sophisticated malware and unsophisticated home-network security, and it's a harbinger of the sorts of...
Facepalm as IoT malware's command and control server foiled by 'root/root' An IoT botnet has been compromised by white hats after its controllers left the default login credentials on their...
Internet of Things (IoT) botnets prey on the use of default or weak credentials to compromise connected devices, but the operators of such a botnet also used default credentials in their...
Not following cybersecurity best practices could not only cost online users but also cost cybercriminals. Yes, sometimes hackers don't take best security measures to keep their infrastructure...
Infamous IoT menace lives on in its hellspawn Cybercrooks are using the infamous Mirai IoT botnet as a framework to quickly add in new exploits and functionalities, it has emerged.…