Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Since March 2023, researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have observed a new variant of the Mirai botnet targeting multiple vulnerabilities in popular IoT devices. Upon executing the script, it would download and execute the proper bot clients for the specific Linux architectures: hxxp://185.225.74[.]251/armv4l

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

The basic idea is to segment off parts of the network, especially the most sensitive parts, and wall them off with stricter policies and tie them into a zero-trust architecture. Microsegmentation should address servers and laptops, IoT, mobile, and legacy devices. Best Microsegmentation Tools. DH2i Differentiators.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

The shell script downloads several Mirai binaries that were compiled for different architectures, then it executes these binaries one by one. “The IoT realm remains an easily accessible target for attackers. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Fintech Trends for 2021 and Beyond Even in the deluge of attacks on our digital systems, defender confidence has remained strong. Because an AI can better analyze massive amounts of data to catch unauthorized usage faster, these tools can help secure fintech as 5G connectivity comes to the Internet of Things (IoT). .

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

The internet of things (IoT) describes the network of interconnected devices embedded with sensors, software, or other technology that exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. . This means that currently there are three IoT devices for every one human on the planet. The Technical Challenge of IoT Security.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) researchers discovered a new variant of the Zerobot botnet (aka ZeroStresser) that was improved with the capabilities to target more Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The IT giant is tracking this cluster of threat activity as DEV-1061. “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. Then the script downloads the actual Enemybot binary which is compiled for the target device’s architecture. Upon installing the threat, the bot drops a file in /tmp/.pwned

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Atlas VPN report said the number of new Linux malware samples collected soared by 646% from the first half of 2021 to the first half of 2022, from 226,334 samples to nearly 1.7 The Linux malware growth has occurred even as Windows, Android and macOS have all seen a decline in new malware samples.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. First off, connected vehicles and IoT devices are highly attractive targets to hackers. Unlike servers and devices running in enterprise networks, IoT devices are typically shipped direct to consumers, without any control over the network or environment they run in.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

Use cases of secure IoT deployment. Tue, 06/01/2021 - 06:55. In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. Use case 1: Fortune 500 Healthcare Company.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

For 2021, the judges took on a record number of submissions, identifying which products, people and companies stood out during a tumultuous year. Click here to see the full list of 2021 SC Award finalists. He was previously senior manager at Deloitte, focused on IoT and industrial cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. The Enemybot botnet employs several methods to spread and targets other IoT devices. The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Gartner analyst Ruggero Contu noted that security risks are becoming external: the software supply chain , the public cloud , the trading of breached data, and IoT and operational technology (OT) are all threats outside of traditional perimeter security. Cybersecurity mesh architecture, or CSMA, “is more than XDR,” Gaehtgens said.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Below is the list of exploit payloads added to the bot: D-Link: CVE-2015-1187 , CVE-2016-20017 , CVE-2020-25506 , and CVE-2021-45382. Upon executing the script, it deletes logs and downloads and executes various bot clients to target specific Linux architectures. ” reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

Digital transformation realized through new 5G-enabled IoT, Operational Technologies (OT) and IT use cases are no exception. CRN has named AT&T to its 2021 Edge Computing 100 list – with recognition as one of those driving innovation in the IoT and 5G Edge Services Category.

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McAfee

APRIL 7, 2020

While its meaning varies for each stakeholder, the public sector – smart government – is evolving toward a unified architecture that encourages integration, agile innovation, and information sharing across platforms and Agencies. It is forecasted that the number of connected IoT devices will surpass 25 billion by 2021.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

New technologies have matured over the last few years to help build more advanced industrial security architectures. Cisco was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in The Forrester Wave : ICS Security Solutions, Q4 2021 evaluation, and I’m pleased to report that Cisco Industrial Threat Defense was named a Leader.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

During the first week of May 2021, the Uptycs’ threat research team detected a shell script and Gafgyt malware downloading Simps binaries from the same C2- 23.95.80[.]200. The Simps payload was delivered by exploiting multiple Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in vulnerable IOT devices. Discovery of Simps Botnet. see Figure 7).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. We also look into the most dangerous strains today and predictions for 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Gartner calls it zero trust network access (ZTNA) and sees ZTNA as something of a fine-grained approach to network access control (NAC) , identity access management (IAM) and privilege access management (PAM) – and at least an adjunct to, if not a replacement for, VPNs and DMZ architectures. Learn more about Illumio. Palo Alto Networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 , has “been hiding in plain sight” for more than 12 years and infects all versions of polkit’s pkexec since it was first developed in 2009, Bharat Jogi, director of vulnerability and threat research at Qualys, wrote in a blog post. Log4Shell is tracked as CVE-2021-44228. through 2.14.1.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Gartner’s list of the top security risks and trends for 2021 included machine identity management for the first time. Coffing notes that the recently discovered ThroughTek Kalay vulnerability compromised 83 million IoT devices , which better machine identity management could have prevented. Zero Trust Architecture.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. And what then are the tools and knowledge that you need to get started hacking IoT devices. Funny thing.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. The next day I cut the string, There's a parallel here to IoT light bulbs that change colors. And what then are the tools and knowledge that you need to get started hacking IoT devices. Funny thing.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2021

With Black Hat USA 2021 reconvening in Las Vegas this week, I had a deep discussion about this with Himanshu Dwivedi, founder and chief executive officer, and Doug Dooley, chief operating officer, of Data Theorem, a Palo Alto, CA-based supplier of a SaaS security platform to help companies secure their APIs and modern applications.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

5G and IoT Traffic Between API Services and Apps Will Make Them Increasingly Lucrative Targets. Examples include: 5G mobile applications – 5G connectivity and deployment of IoT endpoints have increased dramatically providing higher capacity for broader connectivity needs. billion IoT devices are expected to be in use worldwide by 2025.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Microsoft shared some stats from the massive amount of data points it reviewed between July 2021 and the end of June 2022: 43 trillion signals were synthesized daily, using sophisticated data analytics and AI algorithms. Click here for the 11-page executive summary of the comprehensive, 114-page report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Additionally, the trade media awarded Cloudastructure with the following awards in 2021: Astor Award for Best Video Analytics by American Security Today. CIO Bulletin “10 Most Prestigious Companies 2021”. And in December 2021, the global Cloud Awards shortlisted Cloudastructure for: Best Cloud-Native Solution.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

5G began its disruptive charge in 2021, and this will continue to accelerate in 2022. In AT&T Cybersecurity’s upcoming Cybersecurity Insights report, we’ll focus on how people are deploying network architectures at the edge. The report will be published in January 2022. Ransomware becomes the most feared adversary.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 30, 2021

This drives the need to rethink the traditional network architecture, and the concept of a secure access service edge (SASE) emerged as a result. Connect and secure access to applications, data, and the internet for remote workers, fixed locations, workloads, and IoT or internet-facing devices. The concept of SASE is not new for Cisco.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A key principle of a Zero Trust architecture, as defined in NIST SP 800-207 , is that no network is implicitly trusted. of all internet activity in 2021 , up from 40.8% Consumer devices, like smartphones and IoT gadgets. Hence, all network traffic “must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.”

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Working with international partners, the FBI led the operation against the botnet, which was active since 2021 and was controlled by Beijing-based IT contractor Integrity Technology Group, also known as Flax Typhoon. Hackers working for Flax Typhoon created the botnet by breaching 260,000-plus consumer IoT devices in the U.S.

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Anton on Security

MAY 5, 2021

To summarize, network security monitoring still matters because you can monitor unmanaged devices (BYOD, IoT, ICS, etc.), In 2021, you are not saving full packet captures for weeks or months. Not only in the 1980s (when tcpdump was born), 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, but today in 2020s. But you know what? Your main on-premise tool?—?EDR?—?may

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

Research by Cisco estimates the volume of DDoS attacks will surge from more than 10 million in 2021 up to 15 million by 2023. Meanwhile, the 2021 State of the Data Center Industry research report placed DDoS behind ransomware as the threats that most worry the enterprise. The most recent wave happened in December 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

The BotenaGo botnet was first spotted in November 2021 by researchers at AT&T, the malicious code leverages thirty-three exploits to target millions of routers and IoT devices. file downloads Mirai payloads compiled for multiple architectures and attempts to execute them on the compromised device.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Adding to the complexity are bring your own device (BYOD) policies, the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). Impluse SafeConnect offers automatic device discovery and can support anywhere from 250 to 25,000 endpoints and up with its scalable appliance architecture. Top NAC solutions.

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