In-brief: new botnets, dubbed “Brickerbot” were first spotted in recent weeks conducting what Radware termed “permanent denial of service” attacks: compromising and then destroying data on vulnerable connected endpoints.
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Android Malware Doubled in 2016, Adding to Mobile Malware Problem
In-brief: Smart phones infected with Android malware jumped 95 percent between 2015 and 2016, part of a steady increase in mobile phone infections in recent years, Nokia said on Monday.
Targeting Internet of Things: Metasploit Tool Adds Wireless Device Detection
In-brief: The Metasploit Framework has a new extension to test for wireless devices that communicate over radio frequency (RF), Bluetooth and other protocols.
Webinars
Security Ledger works with our sponsors to produce a wide range of online events, including instructional webinars and panel discussions. The following is a list of online events Security Ledger has hosted. Cellular & IoT on Wall Street | Bastille This 2017 Webinar, moderated by Security Ledger’s Paul Roberts and sponsored by Bastille Networks, featured Danielle Tierney, Senior Analyst at Aite Group, Steve Ganis, Partner at Mintz Levin and Bob Baxley, Chief Engineer at Bastille Networks. The group had an in-depth discussion of capital markets compliance in the face of ever more sophisticated technologies and the changing regulations around trade compliance in the EU and US. [View Webinar] Deconstructing The Top IoT Attacks of 2016 | Bastille A review of the top IoT threats and attacks of the year including:– The Mirai BotNet– The ZigBee worm– Rogue Cell Tower in a Printer– Eavesdropping devices– Pagers and Critical Infrastructure [View Webinar] […]
Merchants of Doh! Cameras, DVRs, NAS Fall Down on Security
In-brief: In just the last week, remotely exploitable security holes cropped up in hundreds of models of IP enabled security cameras and recorders as well as a popular line of network attached storage (NAS) devices. The culprit? Shoddy firmware and lax oversight by vendors. When will it end??
