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Back to Basics: Why We Need to Encourage More Secure IoT Development

August 22, 2018 admin bug bounty, ddos, Internet of Things, Internet of Things (IoT), Security, Zero Day Initiative

Credit to Author: Mike Gibson| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:05:33 +0000

The Internet of Things (IoT) is radically reshaping the way we live and work. Before our very eyes, organizations are becoming more agile, efficient and cost effective to run, all while consumers marvel at the wonders of the smart home, fitness trackers and connected cars. There’s just one major problem: Much of this new infrastructure…

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PowerGhost: Beware of ghost mining

July 31, 2018 admin bodiless malware, Business, Cryptojacking, cryptomining, ddos, miners, Threats

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:08:01 +0000

Fileless malware infects workstations and servers in corporate networks.

MalwareBytes Security

Trojans: What’s the real deal?

July 25, 2018 admin Botnet, cybercrime, ddos, downloader, malware, Mobile, Rat, trojans, virus

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:40:47 +0000

We take a fresh look at Trojans: the history of the term, the most popular threats over the years, the different types of Trojans, and their relationship with social engineering.

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The weird and wonderful side of information security

July 9, 2018 admin ddos, humor, passwords, spam, Special Projects

Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:00:26 +0000

Password-based love? Sites that ban humans? In this post, we look at five fun and slightly bizarre projects to get you thinking about security.

Independent Krebs

Study: Attack on KrebsOnSecurity Cost IoT Device Owners $323K

May 7, 2018 admin Akamai, ddos, ddos-for-hire, google, IdioT, Internet of Things, IoT, Kim Fong, Kurt Hepler, Mirai, NETSCOUT Arbor, Peter Rowland, Project Shield, Rohit Raghavan, UC Berkeley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 16:47:20 +0000

A monster distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against KrebsOnSecurity.com in 2016 knocked this site offline for nearly four days. The attack was executed through a network of hacked “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as Internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorders. A new study that tries to measure the direct cost of that one attack for IoT device users whose machines were swept up in the assault found that it may have cost device owners a total of $323,973.75 in excess power and added bandwidth consumption. My bad.

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (April 23 – April 29)

April 30, 2018 admin admin, ddos, GDPR, Malwarebytes news, miners, Mining, roundup, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:17:10 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 23 – April 29, including worms, GDPR, DDoS markets, and more.

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5 cybersecurity questions retailers must ask to protect their businesses

April 17, 2018 admin 101, breach, Business, business security, cybersecurity, ddos, fraud, Retail, retail industry, risk management

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000

If retailers think they already have much to worry about, they have another thing coming— cybersecurity—and it’s no longer something they can keep on the back burner. This piece helps retailers ask the right cybersecurity questions to protect their businesses.

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Independent Krebs

Deleted Facebook Cybercrime Groups Had 300,000 Members

April 16, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, botnet helpdesk, cambridge analytica, carding, ddos, ddos-for-hire, Facebook, spamming, tax refund fraud

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:38:32 +0000

Hours after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity, Facebook last week deleted almost 120 private discussion groups totaling more than 300,000 members who flagrantly promoted a host of illicit activities on the social media network’s platform. The scam groups facilitated a broad spectrum of shady activities, including spamming, wire fraud, account takeovers, phony tax refunds, 419 scams, denial-of-service attack-for-hire services and botnet creation tools. The average age of these groups on Facebook’s platform was two years.