SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

IoT devices (routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components) multiply every year. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Telnet, the overwhelmingly popular unencrypted IoT text protocol, is the main target of brute-forcing.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 28, 2022

Launched in March 2008, AWM Proxy quickly became the largest service for crooks seeking to route their malicious Web traffic through compromised devices. com shows that in 2008 it displayed the personal information for a Dmitry Starovikov , who listed his Skype username as “lycefer.” But on Dec. and starovikov[.]com.

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Passwords Malware Internet Internet 309

SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2024

Increased attack surface The 2024 Paris Olympics will involve a massive digital infrastructure, including ticketing systems, live-streaming platforms, and IoT devices used in venues. Diverse technologies: The integration of various technologies, from traditional IT systems to newer IoT devices, increases the complexity of securing the event.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

. “This class of cybercrime activity threat may evade detection because it is less likely than a crypto-miner to be noticed by the owner, and it is unlikely to warrant the volume of abuse complaints that internet-wide brute-forcing and DDoS-based botnets typically draw,” Lumen’s Black Lotus researchers wrote.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Catchpoint launched in 2008 as a dedicated monitoring tools provider right as organizations started to dabble with cloud services. Kentik’s solutions can protect core, edge, and cloud networks while adding DDoS and botnet protection, supply chain analytics, and synthetics. Read more : Best SIEM Tools of 2022. Catchpoint.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. However, a growing number of botnet attacks are used against IoT devices and their connected networks. DDoS trojan.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

Anonymous used a variety of techniques, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, to take down websites and disrupt online services. One of the most famous examples of a malware attack occurred in 2008, when a worm called Conficker infected millions of computers around the world.

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