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Threat Modeling & IoT

Adam Shostack

You can start threat modeling IoT with the four question framework: What are you building? But there are specifics to IoT, and those specifics influence how you think about each of those questions. In the IoT world, the question of did we do a good job becomes have we done a good enough job? What can go wrong? Don Bailey)

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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

Persistent exploitation of legacy systems One of the most alarming aspects of Ghost ransomware is its focus on legacy IoT and OT environments. Key findings from the advisory The advisory highlights the rapid and efficient attack lifecycle of Ghost ransomware, with some incidents seeing full encryption within a single day.

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Human Factors in SCADA and IoT Security: Addressing the Biggest Vulnerability in Industrial Systems

SecureWorld News

The hidden weakness: human error Despite leaps in cybersecurity technology, human error remains an Achilles heel in SCADA and IoT security. Discovered in 2010, Stuxnet mainly focused on Iran's nuclear facilities, exploiting vulnerabilities in Siemens SCADA structures. And who can neglect the notorious Stuxnet bug ?

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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

Many of the infected systems were Internet of Things (IoT) devices , including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. Later in its existence, the RSOCKS botnet expanded into compromising Android devices and conventional computers.

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News Alert: Nuvoton underscores its commitment to 8-bit MCU production sustainability

The Last Watchdog

Nuvoton was spun-off as a Winbond Electronics affiliate in July 2008 and went public in September 2010 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

Kilmer said when Spur first started looking into Faceless, they noticed almost every Internet address that Faceless advertised for rent also showed up in the IoT search engine Shodan.io Those with IoT zero-days could expect payment if their exploit involved at least 5,000 systems that could be identified through Shodan.

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Law enforcement and Microsoft join forces to dismantle botnet using LED Light Control Console

Security Affairs

Threat actors used the consoles to deliver malware and ransomware through an IoT botnet that was also used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Unfortunately, the number IoT botnets continues to increase, millions of vulnerable devices could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities.

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