Security News

Hundreds of Thousands of Vulnerable IP Cameras Easy Target for Botnet, Researcher Says (Threatpost)

2017-03-09 21:59

A researcher claims that almost 200,000 shoddily made IP cameras could be an easy target for attackers looking to spy, brute force them or steal their credentials.

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Showdown: Prepping Enterprise Security for DDoS Botnets (InfoRiskToday)

2017-03-07 17:55

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Botnets (Schneier on Security)

2017-03-01 12:53

Botnets have existed for at least a decade. As early as 2000, hackers were breaking into computers over the Internet and controlling them en masse from centralized systems. Among other things, the...

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Necurs Botnet Learns New DDoS Trick (Threatpost)

2017-02-27 12:00

Researchers say Necurs malware has been updated with a module that adds SOCKS/HTTP proxy and DDOS capabilities to this malware.

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British Cops Bust Suspected German ISP Mirai Botnet Hacker (InfoRiskToday)

2017-02-23 13:24

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Advanced Windows botnet spreads Mirai malware (Help Net Security)

2017-02-22 12:30

Kaspersky Lab experts are analyzing the first Windows-based spreader for the Mirai malware as part of a concerted effort to close down Mirai botnets in the wild. The Windows bot appears to have...

#botnet #malware #mirai #security #windows

Windows Botnet Spreading Mirai Variant (Threatpost)

2017-02-21 15:51

A Windows-based botnet is spreading a Mirai variant that is also capable of spreading to Linux systems under certain conditions, Kaspersky Lab researchers said.

#botnet #mirai #threatpost #windows