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Unfixed vulnerability in popular library puts IoT products at risk

Malwarebytes

Researchers have found a vulnerability in a popular C standard library in IoT products that could allow attackers to perform DNS poisoning attacks against a target device. DNS poisoning. The devices like your laptop, phones, tablets and IoT (Internet of Things) devices such as TVs, temperature sensors, and security cameras.

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Threat Trends: DNS Security, Part 2

Cisco Security

This is what we covered in part one of this Threat Trends release on DNS Security, using data from Cisco Umbrella , our cloud-native security service. This time we’ll be comparing yearly totals of DNS traffic to malicious sites, by industry. As in part one, we’ll be looking at data covering the calendar year of 2020.

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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

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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News alert: Criminal IP and Quad9 collaborate to exchange domain and IP threat intelligence

The Last Watchdog

This process not only safeguards computers, mobile devices, and IoT systems from a diverse array of threats like malware, phishing, spyware, and botnets, ensuring privacy, but also optimizes performance.

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How To Deploy HYAS Protect

Security Boulevard

HYAS Protect protective DNS includes a user-friendly interface and four core deployment methods. Organizations of any size can monitor traffic with HYAS Protect’s cloud-based DNS resolver. DNS data from HYAS Protect allows organizations to identify their riskiest users and prioritize proactive security measures.

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Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

Since bad actors need to communicate back to their C2, digital exhaust often takes the form of DNS records , which if monitored properly allows organizations to detect anomalous patterns and stop the communications, and thus the breach, before the criminals can do any major harm. That's where technologies like protective DNS come in.

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GhostDNS malware already infected over 100K+ devices and targets 70+ different types of home routers

Security Affairs

Attackers have already hijacked over 100,000 home routers, the malicious code allows to modify DNS settings to hijack the traffic and redirect users to phishing websites. GhostDNS reminds us of the infamous DNSChanger malware that made the headlines for its ability to change DNS settings on the infected device.

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