In-brief: a botnet of 120,000 cameras that takes its orders from servers based in Iran uses a long-ago disclosed security vulnerability in camera software to spread. The flaw affects over 1,000 different models of cameras, Trend Micro reports.
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FBI: Business Email Compromise is a $5 Billion Industry
In-brief: the FBI is warning the public to beware of business email compromise attacks, saying that they have cost U.S. businesses more than $1.6 billion in losses since 2013.
The Billion Dollar Headache: Sophisticated Ransomware takes aim at Small Business
In-brief: in the latest Security Ledger podcast, Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Lior Div of the firm Cybereason and Brian NeSmith of the firm Arctic Wolf about the growing sophistication of ransomware attacks and platforms and how scammers are targeting small businesses and non-profits.
Google Docs Scam Highlights Phishing’s Low, Low Bar
In-brief: There were a thousand reasons not to click on that Google Docs link…but thousands of people did anyway. Why?
New Shodan Module hunts RATs
In-brief: a new service built into Internet of Things search engine Shodan promises to find the computers that control remote access trojans (RATs) – a common form of information stealing malware.
