Bitdefender experts told in detail about the work of the P2P botnet Interplanetary Storm (aka IPStorm), which uses infected devices as a proxy. According to researchers, the botnet includes more than 9,000 hosts (according to other sources, the number of infected devices exceeds 13,500), the overwhelming majority of which are running Android, and about one…
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Critical bug threatens SonicWall devices – "Hacker"
Tripwire experts told About the CVE-2020-5135 vulnerability found in SonicOS, which is managed by SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) devices. Typically, such equipment is used as firewalls and SSL VPN portals to filter and control access to private networks. According to Tripwire, the vulnerability is related to the operation of a component that is responsible…
Researchers turn Comcast smart remotes into eavesdropping devices – "Hacker"
Guardicore experts studied XR11 remote controls working with Xfinity X1 set-top box and developed an attack WarezTheRemote… Researchers have come to the conclusion that the remotes can be used to make hidden spy devices and spy on users. XR11 consoles are provided by US telecom giant Comcast to Xfinity customers. In total, more than 18…
HEH botnet can destroy all data on IoT devices – "Hacker"
Qihoo 360 specialists warned about the emergence of a new malware HEH, which infects IoT devices and can completely reset them, destroying everything, including the OS and firmware. The botnet is known to spread by brute force, attacking any gadgets connected to the Internet with open SSH ports (23 and 2323). If the device uses…
IPStorm botnet attacks Android, macOS and Linux devices – "Hacker"
For the first time the IPStorm botnet was noticed by the company's specialists Anomali in June 2019, and then it only attacked Windows machines. At that time, the botnet included about 3,000 infected systems, but even then the researchers discovered several unique and interesting features that are unique to IPStorm. For example, the full name…
AgeLocker attacks Qnap devices and steals user data – "Hacker"
This summer, Bleeping Computer journalists reported on a new ransomware AgeLockerWhich uses the Age (Actually Good Encryption) encryption algorithm to encrypt the files of its victims. When encrypting, the malware adds a text header to the encrypted data, which begins with the age-encryption (.) Org URL. Now the publication specialists noticedthat since the end of…
Billions of Bluetooth Devices Vulnerable to BLESA Attack – Hacker
Purdue University experts warn billions of smartphones, tablets, laptops and IoT devices using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) are vulnerable to new attack BLESA (Bluetooth Low Energy Spoofing Attack). Let me remind you that BLE is a "lightweight" version of the Bluetooth standard, designed to save battery power when Bluetooth connections are active. Thanks to its…
Kr00k problem threatens devices with Wi-Fi chips Qualcomm and MediaTek – "Hacker"
In early 2020, ESET experts spoke about the Kr00k vulnerability (CVE-2019-15126), which can be used to intercept and decrypt Wi-Fi (WPA2) traffic. Then it was reported that any devices using the solutions of Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom, from laptops and smartphones to routers and IoT devices, are susceptible to this problem. So, the experts wrote…