Ngioweb Botnet Fuels NSOCKS Residential Proxy Network Exploiting IoT Devices The malware known as Ngioweb has been used to fuel a notorious residential proxy service called NSOCKS, as well as by other services such as VN5Socks and Shopsocks5, new findings from Lumen Technologies reveal. “At least 80% of NSOCKS bots Read more…
Matrix Botnet Exploits IoT Devices in Widespread DDoS Botnet Campaign A threat actor named Matrix has been linked to a widespread distributed denial-of-service (DoD) campaign that leverages vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to co-opt them into a disruptive botnet. “This operation serves as a comprehensive one-stop Read more…
OvrC Platform Vulnerabilities Expose IoT Devices to Remote Attacks and Code Execution A security analysis of the OvrC cloud platform has uncovered 10 vulnerabilities that could be chained to allow potential attackers to execute code remotely on connected devices. “Attackers successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities can access, control, and disrupt devices Read more…
AndroxGh0st Malware Integrates Mozi Botnet to Target IoT and Cloud Services Nov 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability The threat actors behind the AndroxGh0st malware are now exploiting a broader set of security flaws impacting various internet-facing applications, while also deploying the Mozi botnet malware. “This botnet utilizes remote code Read more…
Critical Flaw in Microchip ASF Exposes IoT Devices to Remote Code Execution Risk Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7490, carries Read more…
New P2PInfect Botnet MIPS Variant Targeting Routers and IoT Devices Dec 04, 2023NewsroomMalware / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of an emerging botnet called P2PInfect that’s capable of targeting routers and IoT devices. The latest version, per Cado Security Labs, is compiled for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Read more…
“BadAlloc” – Memory allocation vulnerabilities could affect wide range of IoT and OT devices in industrial, medical, and enterprise networks | MSRC Blog Microsoft’s Section 52, the Azure Defender for IoT security research group, recently uncovered a series of critical memory allocation vulnerabilities in IoT and OT devices that adversaries Read more…
Nov 02, 2023NewsroomMalware / Botnet The unexpected drop in malicious activity connected with the Mozi botnet in August 2023 was due to a kill switch that was distributed to the bots. “First, the drop manifested in India on August 8,” ESET said in an analysis published this week. “A week Read more…