Tag: botnet

API Security

Malicious Automation is driving API Security Breaches

Removing the ability to automate against a vulnerable API is a huge step forward, as automation is a key enabler for both the exploitation and the extraction of large amounts of sensitive data.

Botnet Concept

Spotlight: E-Commerce’s Bot and Mouse Game

In this Spotlight podcast we’re joined by Benjamin Fabre of DataDome to discuss the evolving risks to organizations as e-commerce shifts from web pages to mobile applications and APIs.

DEF CON IoT Hacking Village

Kaspersky: Attacks on Smart Devices Rise Threefold in 2018

Attacks against smart devices are surging, with both old and new threats targeting connected devices that remain largely unsecured, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab.

Spreading Malware

Cisco Links Remote Access Tool Remcos to Cybercriminal Underground

Questions are being raised about whether remote-access and testing tools from a mysterious company called Breaking Security are made and sold by cyber criminals, after the tools have been widely adopted as a turnkey solution for setting up and running botnets, according to Cisco Talos.

Evasive MyloBot botnet can take over enterprise devices to steal data, spread ransomware

A new, extremely evasive botnet has been discovered that takes unique leverage of command and control servers and can completely take over an enterprise device to execute any type of code it wishes, from ransomware to trojans to data extraction, according to researchers at endpoint and mobile security firm Deep Instinct.