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Mirai V3G4 botnet exploits 13 flaws to target IoT devices

Security Affairs

During the second half of 2022, a variant of the Mirai bot, tracked as V3G4, targeted IoT devices by exploiting tens of flaws. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reported that a Mirai variant called V3G4 was attempting to exploit several flaws to infect IoT devices from July to December 2022.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics

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According to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), this individual also was behind the infamous Reveton ransomware Trojan spread in 2012 — 2014. This type of cyberextortion predated Trojans, which encrypt the victim’s files. Reveton was among the most notorious PC screen lockers.

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IoT device maker Sierra Wireless hit by Ransomware attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

Canada-based Internet of Things (IoT) maker Sierra Wireless has been hit by ransomware attack bringing certain production operations of the company to a halt. The post IoT device maker Sierra Wireless hit by Ransomware attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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WizCase Report: Vulnerabilities found in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS

Security Affairs

All the php files were encrypted using IONCube which has a known public decoder and given the version used was an old one, decoding the files didn’t take long. ExpressVPN and NordVPN both use AES 256-bit encryption and will secure all your data. Part One: XXE. We will update this article as a patch becomes available.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. The first version spotted by TrendMicro includes a DDoS script that could be used by botmaster to set-up DDoS for-hire service offered on the dark web.

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Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics. Who is Versa Networks? Using VOS, Versa enables customers and service providers to deploy SASE and software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions.