From an attacker's perspective, the best botnet is the one you've never heard of, since the authorities won't know what to take down. Using that measure, Ponmocup—a botnet recently detailed by the security group Fox-IT—is pretty successful, considering it has hung around over nine years and infected over 15 million victims. Watch today's episode for more on this elusive new … [Read more...]
Flash 0day Surfaces – Daily Security Byte EP.159
Adobe just released a new Flash update Tuesday, but researchers have already found sophisticated threat actors leveraging a new zero day Flash exploit in the wild. Trend Micro, one of our security partners, found the Pawn Storm attackers leveraging this new Flash exploit. Watch today's video to learn when the next patch will come out, and what to do in the meantime. UPDATE: … [Read more...]
SYNful Knock Pwns IOS – Daily Security Byte EP.143
Sophisticated attackers have injected malicious firmware into at least 14 Cisco routers in four continents. Watch today's quick video to learn more about this attack, and how you should validate your devices' firmware. (Episode Runtime: 2:07) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcx4Xkv7Yw EPISODE REFERENCES: SYNful knock: Pwned Cisco routers - … [Read more...]
Adult Ransomware and Hacked WhatsApp – WSWiR Episode 164
Do you have little time for security news, but wish you could keep abreast of the latest threats? In that case, our weekly summary video can help. Every Monday, we summarize last week's infosec news for you, often in under ten minutes. This week's show includes Microsoft and Adobe patches, some adult-themed mobile ransomware, and a sneaky new malware command and control … [Read more...]
Satellite C&C Channel – Daily Security Byte EP.141
Attackers have always tried to hide their command and control (C&C) servers using proxies and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, but authorities still eventually track them down. However, an advanced hacking group has found a new way to keep their malicious control servers off the radar. Watch Friday's video to learn about this hidden communication channel. (Episode Runtime: … [Read more...]