2024 2023 Archive There's a big Google Docs email scam going around. Here's what to do if you received it. Many people — namely individuals in media — are reporting that they've received emails that appear to be sent from someone they know, addressed to "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@mailinator.com" with a link to a Google Doc and the recipients blocked, according to Motherboard. If you received a similar suspicious ... Mic May 3, 2017 03:00 PM A mysterious botnet has hijacked 300,000 devices, but nobody knows why Researchers know what the botnet is capable of — but they don't seem to know what it'll actually do. ZD Net April 26, 2017 03:00 PM A vigilante is putting a huge amount of work into infecting IoT devices When it comes to features and robustness, Hajime surpasses its blackhat rivals. ARS Technica April 26, 2017 03:00 PM Beware BrickerBot, the IoT Killer IoT security (or the lack thereof) seems to pop up in the news a lot these days. Our Embedded Revolution reader survey and whitepaper highlights what developers think about this topic. Electronic Design April 25, 2017 03:00 PM BrickerBot is a vigilante worm that destroys insecure IoT devices A hacker called The Janitor has created multiple versions of a program called BrickerBot, a system that searches out and bricks insecure IoT devices. A researcher named Pascal Geenens has followed the worm for a few weeks and has seen it pop up and essentially destroy infected webcams and other IoT ... TechCrunch April 25, 2017 03:00 PM Nastier version of IoT botnet could brick your smart toaster Two new versions of a nasty botnet called BrickerBot were spotted in the wild by researcher Pascal Geenens, who reported the latest attack for security firm Radware. Permanent denial-of-service botnets like these can infect poorly-protected IoT devices like smart toasters and web-enabled vibrators ... Engadget April 25, 2017 03:00 PM BrickerBot bricked 2 million IoT devices, its author claims The author of BrickerBot, which “bricks” IoT devices by rewriting the flash storage space and wiping files, has emerged to explain that the malware first attempts to secure the units without damaging them. Help Net Security April 24, 2017 03:00 PM BrickerBot, the permanent denial-of-service botnet, is back with a vengeance New botnet squadrons wage fiercer, more intense attacks on unsecured IoT devices. ARS Technica April 24, 2017 03:00 PM Previous123456Next 456 2024 2023 Archive RSS 2.0
There's a big Google Docs email scam going around. Here's what to do if you received it. Many people — namely individuals in media — are reporting that they've received emails that appear to be sent from someone they know, addressed to "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@mailinator.com" with a link to a Google Doc and the recipients blocked, according to Motherboard. If you received a similar suspicious ... Mic May 3, 2017 03:00 PM
A mysterious botnet has hijacked 300,000 devices, but nobody knows why Researchers know what the botnet is capable of — but they don't seem to know what it'll actually do. ZD Net April 26, 2017 03:00 PM
A vigilante is putting a huge amount of work into infecting IoT devices When it comes to features and robustness, Hajime surpasses its blackhat rivals. ARS Technica April 26, 2017 03:00 PM
Beware BrickerBot, the IoT Killer IoT security (or the lack thereof) seems to pop up in the news a lot these days. Our Embedded Revolution reader survey and whitepaper highlights what developers think about this topic. Electronic Design April 25, 2017 03:00 PM
BrickerBot is a vigilante worm that destroys insecure IoT devices A hacker called The Janitor has created multiple versions of a program called BrickerBot, a system that searches out and bricks insecure IoT devices. A researcher named Pascal Geenens has followed the worm for a few weeks and has seen it pop up and essentially destroy infected webcams and other IoT ... TechCrunch April 25, 2017 03:00 PM
Nastier version of IoT botnet could brick your smart toaster Two new versions of a nasty botnet called BrickerBot were spotted in the wild by researcher Pascal Geenens, who reported the latest attack for security firm Radware. Permanent denial-of-service botnets like these can infect poorly-protected IoT devices like smart toasters and web-enabled vibrators ... Engadget April 25, 2017 03:00 PM
BrickerBot bricked 2 million IoT devices, its author claims The author of BrickerBot, which “bricks” IoT devices by rewriting the flash storage space and wiping files, has emerged to explain that the malware first attempts to secure the units without damaging them. Help Net Security April 24, 2017 03:00 PM
BrickerBot, the permanent denial-of-service botnet, is back with a vengeance New botnet squadrons wage fiercer, more intense attacks on unsecured IoT devices. ARS Technica April 24, 2017 03:00 PM