New evidence shows the Aisuru botnet, which outpaces all other IoT-based botnets, is drawing most of its firepower from hacked IoT devices hosted on US ISPs
The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) … Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @vxdb@infosec.exchange ...
Belkin's move to brick Wemo devices highlights how little accountability IoT companies face when abandoning connected products customers paid for
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... Glyn Moody / @glynmoody : Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers' stuff - arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025... another reminder that you don...
How three US teenagers built Mirai, a DDoS botnet that exploited IoT devices, and avoided prison by helping the FBI with cybercrime and cybersecurity matters
First-year college students are understandably frustrated when they can't get into popular upper-level electives. But they usually just gripe.
A look at Flipper Zero, a $200 portable security penetration testing device for hackers to intercept and replay signals from IoT sensors, garage doors, and more
Don't be fooled by its fun name and Tamagotchi-like interface—this do-everything gadget is trouble waiting to happen and a whole lot more. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @car...
A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security cameras and alter live feeds and past recordings
Meet Toka, the Israeli cyber firm founded by Ehud Barak, that lets clients hack cameras and change their feeds - just like in Hollywood heist movies Tweets: @haaretzcom , @spyblog , @haaretzcom , @haa...
Microsoft says hackers used vulnerabilities in the Boa web server, discontinued in 2005 but widely used across IoT devices, to target the Indian power sector
Current Description /cgi-bin/wapopen in BOA Webserver .94.14rc21 allows … Katie McCafferty / Microsoft Security Blog : Vulnerable SDK components lead to supply chain risks in IoT and OT environments T...
Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more
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Researchers discover Shikitega, a strain of Linux malware that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices
With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. — Researchers this week unveiled …Source:AT&T Alien Labs.
Researchers discover a new strain of Linux malware called Shikitega that infects servers and IoT devices with stealth and sophistication, making detection tough
With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. — Researchers this week unveiled … Source: AT&T Alien Labs .
Brian Krebs apologizes to IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti after posting now-removed articles on a “breach” based on a “sole source” currently under federal indictment
Last year, I posted a series of articles about a purported “breach” at Ubiquiti. Tweets: @quinnypig , @alyssam_infosec , @berendjanwever , @davezatz , @blowdart , @jrozner , and @g_solaria See also Me...