Tag: Malware
Is IoT’s dubious security past coming back to haunt it?
Jan van Vliet, VP and GM EMEA at Digital Guardian, examines the link between the Internet of Things’ (IoT) poor security track record and...
IIoT security: Xage combines blockchain, digital fingerprinting
IoT security specialist Xage claims to have developed a tamper-proof system that protects Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) assets with a combination of blockchain technology...
Botnet attack on one website costs IoT device owners $300k
A University of California, Berkeley Report reveals that the cost of malware- and botnet-affected devices could run into millions of dollars for their owners.
A...
Serious IoT data breach likely by 2020, say risk professionals
Well over three-quarters (81 per cent) of professionals who work in corporate governance or risk oversight say that a serious data breach caused by...
Vendors, users ignoring IoT security in rush to market – report
Report warns of lax security among IoT users, and blames manufacturers for coding decade-old flaws into IoT devices.
A new report has found that there...
OMG! Mirai malware variant turns IoT devices into proxy servers
NEWSBYTE: Researchers discover that IoT devices are being used to anonymise hackers
Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that turns...
DoubleDoor IoT botnet bypasses firewall using backdoors
Security researchers have uncovered new malware that uses two backdoors to infect IoT devices in order to create a botnet.
Dubbed DoubleDoor, the malware was...
New malware found in PoS terminals, says Forcepoint
Point of sale malware found – could be in the wild, claims security company.
New malware that steals data from payment cards has been detected...
Smart speakers could spill corporate secrets, researchers warn
Sonos and Bose speakers could enable hackers to identify access points via which they might infiltrate companies to steal information, says Trend Micro.
Security researchers...
Satori malware code made public by hackers
Researchers warn that now that it has been made public, the Satori malware code could be used in new botnets.
Code used in the Satori malware (a varient of...
Three plead guilty in US to developing Mirai botnet
Hackers go up before US federal court charged with creating Mirai botnet used in massive DDoS attacks.
Three men have pleaded guilty to creating the...
BrickerBot creator Janit0r ‘retires’ after bricking over 10 million IoT devices
Alleged Brickerbot creator Janit0R stands down from hectic career of compromising IoT devices.
Janit0r, the alleged creator of BrickerBot, a piece of malware designed to...