Advanced Threats April 22, 2021

Internet of threats: IoT botnets drive surge in network attacks

6 min read - As Internet of things (IoT) devices in homes, industrial environments, transportation networks and elsewhere continue to proliferate, so does the attack surface for malicious IoT network attackers. IoT attack activity in 2020 dramatically surpassed the combined volume of IoT activity…

Risk Management July 24, 2020

Leveraging Open Source Can be Powerful for Cybersecurity

4 min read - Security vendors and end users have access to the same technology and resources, if not more, than the threat actor community. However, the area where cybersecurity falls short as an industry is teamwork. Vendors and end users rarely talk to…

April 28, 2020

Attack Resources Shared by New LeetHozer Botnet and Moobot Malware

2 min read - Security researchers discovered that the new LeetHozer botnet shares some attack resources with the Moobot malware family.

April 22, 2020

Moobot Leverages Zero-Day Vulnerability to Target Fiber Routers

2 min read - Security researchers observed Moobot and other botnets attempting to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in order to compromise fiber routers. Read on to learn more about Moobot's recent activity.

March 23, 2020

Mirai Variant Mukashi Conducts Brute-Force Attacks Against Vulnerable NAS Devices

2 min read - Network-attached storage devices are being targeted by Mukashi, a variant of the Mirai malware, in an effort to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, researchers warn.

June 12, 2019

Latest Mirai Malware Variant Contains 18 Exploits, Focuses on Embedded IoT Devices

2 min read - Researchers discovered a Mirai malware variant with 18 exploits targeting embedded internet of things (IoT) devices.

March 20, 2019

New Mirai Variant Targets Business Presentation and Display Devices

2 min read - Researchers spotted a new Mirai variant targeting presentation systems and display devices commonly used by businesses.

January 2, 2019

New Variant of Mirai Malware Exploits Weak IoT Device Passwords to Conduct Brute-Force Attacks

2 min read - Security researchers discovered a new variant of Mirai malware known as Miori that is targeting internet of things (IoT) devices to integrate into a larger botnet.

Energy & Utility November 2, 2018

How an IoT Botnet Could Breach the Power Grid and Cause Widespread Blackouts

4 min read - A group of researchers from Princeton revealed that, through an attack dubbed MadIoT, threat actors could leverage an IoT botnet to compromise the power grid and cause widespread blackouts.

September 14, 2018

Mirai and Gafgyt IoT Malware Now Targeting SonicWall’s GMS and Apache Struts Exploits

< 1 min read - Malware authors have released modified versions of the Mirai and Gafgyt IoT malware that are capable of targeting vulnerabilities affecting SonicWall's GMS and Apache Struts.