BlackIoT Botnet: Can Water Heaters, Washers Bring Down the Power Grid?
In testing, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet of large, power-consuming appliances was used to carry out coordinated attacks on the energy grid.
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Tara Seals has nearly 25 years of experience as a journalist, analyst and editor in the communications and technology space. Prior to Threatpost, Tara was the North American news lead for Infosecurity Magazine, and spent 13 years working for Informa (formerly Virgo Publishing), as executive editor and editor-in-chief at publications focused on both the service provider and the enterprise arenas. A Texas native, she holds a B.A. from Columbia University, lives in Western Massachusetts with her family and is on a never-ending quest for good Mexican food in the Northeast.
ThreatList: Financial-Themed Phishing Hooks Targets in Q2
In addition to traditional phishing, fraudulent cryptocurrency offers pose a rising trend.
Victims Lose Access to Thousands of Photos as Instagram Hack Spreads
In a probable quest to build a botnet, someone is hacking Instagram accounts, deleting handles, avatars and personal details, and linking them to a new email address.
This is similar to taking a room key for a building and turning it into a skeleton key that works on every door in the building.
The attack targets IKE’s handshake implementation used for IPsec-based VPN connections, opening the door for MiTM attacks or for bad actors to access data carried in VPN sessions.
Respondents in a survey from Venafi said they believe voting machines, encrypted communications from polling stations and databases that store voter registration data are all vulnerable.
Configuration data for GoDaddy servers could be used as a reconnaissance tool for malicious actors to uncover ripe targets.
Sloppy Android developers not following security guidelines for external storage opens the door to device takeover and more.
The Vote Hacking Village invited attendees – including kids as young as six – to hack the voting infrastructure, including ballot machines, a voter database and more.
LAS VEGAS – In recent years there has been more attention paid to the security of medical devices; however, there has been little security research done on the unique protocols used by these devices. Many of the insulin pumps, heart monitors and other gadgets found in hospital rooms use aging protocol to communicate with nurses’ […]
