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Home routers are being hijacked using vulnerability disclosed just 2 days ago

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

The early bird catches the worm. Unless the worm was early enough to hide. On August 3, 2021 a vulnerability that was discovered by Tenable was made public. Only two days later, on August 5, Juniper Threat Labs identified some attack patterns that attempted to exploit this vulnerability in the wild. The vulnerability is listed…

Network Security

How 5G could impact cybersecurity strategy

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

With the recent news that South Korea has rolled out the world’s first 5G network, it’s clear that we’re on the precipice of the wireless technology’s widespread launch. Offering speeds anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than 4G long-term evolution (LTE), the next generation of wireless networks will also support higher capacities of wireless…

Malware & Threats

Briton Pleads Guilty to Mirai Attacks in German Court

Issued by: Security Week

A British man pleaded guilty last week in a German court to launching a cyberattack that resulted in more than one million customers of telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom experiencing Internet disruptions. German media has identified the 29-year-old man as “Peter Parker” and “Spiderman,” online monikers linked to domains used to coordinate some attacks powered by…

Vulnerabilities

5 Unsettling cyberthreats

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Cyberthreats are typically boring, repetitive, and require a reasonably predictable remediation process. A SQL injection is a SQL injection, no matter who’s trying it. But what about the outliers? What about threats that impact you, but you can’t remediate, or establish a policy to cover? Here are 5 cyberthreats that if you’re not frightened by,…

Malware & Threats, Network Security

Was the Dyn DDoS attack actually a script kiddie v. PSN?

Issued by: CIO Security

The massive DDoS attack that disrupted the internet address-lookup service Dyn last week was perhaps pulled off by a script kiddie targeting PlayStation Network and using Mirai malware to assemble a massive IoT botnet, according to research by Flashpoint. “Flashpoint assesses with moderate confidence that the most recent Mirai attacks are likely connected to the…

Network Security

IoT Default Passwords: Just Don’t Do It

Issued by: Dark Reading

Earlier this month, an underground forum released the code for the Mirai malware, which lets attackers hijack the thousands (and counting) of Internet of Things devices that are used to carry out distributed denial-of-service attacks. Panic ensued. Of course it did. This hack means that everyone can now view the code that allowed someone using…