The emergence of new global cybercriminal attack patterns
The findings of a new Malwarebytes report illustrate a significant shift in cybercriminal attack and malware methodology from previous years. Ransomware, ad fraud and botnets, …
Analyzing the latest wave of mega attacks
A new report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, including insight into two …
How hackers will exploit the Internet of Things in 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is now a major force in the weaponization of DDoS. In 2016, IoT botnets have fueled a number of attacks, including the largest-ever DDoS attack, …
Apocalypse now: The IoT DDoS threat
One of the things you learn about humanity, if you’re paying attention, is that “gold rushes” bring out the worse in us. When there are no constraints and there is a greed …
Linux/IRCTelnet creates new, powerful IoT DDoS botnet
Linux/IRCTelnet (new Aidra), a new piece of Linux malware targeting IoT devices and turning them into DDoS-capable bots, has been spotted and analyzed by one of the …
Building the IoT monster
When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, she imagined the misguided doctor assembling his creature from dead body parts, who instead of elevating science, created something dark …
Understanding IoT botnets
If you were online on Friday October 21st, you were probably affected by the DDoS attack against managed DNS provider Dyn. Dyn observed that tens of millions of IP addresses …
Dyn DDoS attack: The aftermath
On October 21, New Hampshire-based Internet performance management company Dyn suffered the largest DDoS attack ever to be registered. The attacks – there were three, in …
Mirai malware is infecting Sierra Wireless cellular network equipment
AirLink cellular gateway devices by Sierra Wireless are being infected by the infamous Mirai malware. Sierra Airlink models LS300, GX400, GX/ES440, GX/ES450, and RV50 are …
130,000 Avtech IP cameras, DVRs can be easily roped into IoT botnets
Security researcher Gergely Eberhardt has unearthed over dozen of vulnerabilities in most IP cameras, NVRs and DVRs by Taiwanese manufacturer Avtech, including things like …
Leaked: Source code for Mirai IoT DDoS botnet
IoT-powered DDoS attacks are on the rise, and the situation is poised to become even worse now that the source code for the Mirai malware has been made public. Reporter Brian …
Spam is once again on the rise
Spam volume is back to mid-2010 heights, and Cisco Talos researchers say that the Necurs botnet is partly to blame. “Many of the host IPs sending Necurs’ spam have …