Remember when we said the “Hide ‘N Seek” IoT (Internet of Things) botnet may be a sign of what's to come? Well, according to a blog post published by Bitdefender on May 7, it looks like the prophecy is true. Hide ‘N Seek has infected close to 90,000 devices total (including more than 20,000 over the course of just a few days back in January) and has unlocked an extremely … [Read more...]
Unique “Hide ‘N Seek” IoT Botnet May Be a Sign of What’s to Come
The “Hide ‘N Seek” (HNS) Internet of Things botnet is back in action, and now it’s bigger and badder than ever. First spotted in early January 2018, this botnet went M.I.A. for nearly two weeks before researchers at Bitdefender uncovered it once again, with a device count of more than 24,000! What started out as a dozen infected devices in Southeast Asia earlier this month has … [Read more...]
Would You Like to Play a [machine learning malware detection model] Game
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is becoming more and more prevalent in the security industry. Though this technology is growing, it’s far from perfect. Security professionals that want to benefit from these technologies need to stay one step ahead of hackers, which means identifying blind spots in their models. To do that, a company called Endgame … [Read more...]
Do You Know How Much It Costs to Rent an IoT Botnet?
Renting an IoT botnet is probably less expensive than you think. IoT botnets are the new Flavor of the Month when it comes to cyber attack services for sale on underground forums. Last year we looked at hacking services available for hire on several crimeware sites and found that having a hacker create your own personal botnet would run you about $500. Following the global … [Read more...]
IoT Botnets Are Here to Stay – So Now What?
In the fallout from last Friday’s distributed denial of service attacks on DNS (Domain Name Service) hosting provider Dyn, one question has been on everyone’s mind: How could an attack like this happen? Dyn said in a statement that the tens of millions of IP addresses associated with the attack were from IoT devices that had been infected with the same Mirai malware used in the … [Read more...]
