This is not the first IoT heavy botnet, Mirai takes that title, the interesting part is the Hajime botnet appears to be benign. So far no malicious functions have been detected in the codebase, other than the ability to replicate itself and block other malware, Hajime seems to have no DDoS or offensive mechanisms. Hajime […]
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Posted in: Hardware Hacking, Malware | Add a CommentSo there’s been some HUGE DDoS attacks going on lately, up to 620Gbps and the Mirai DDoS Malware has been fingered – with the source code also being leaked. It’s spreading like wildfire too, and the scariest thought? All that was really needed to construct it was a telnet scanner and a list of default […]
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Posted in: Exploits/Vulnerabilities, Network Hacking | Add a CommentSo one of the latest fads is IoT or the Internet of things phenomena which has been talked about for a while (especially since the discussion of IPv6 started), IoT is connecting physical items to the Internet and giving them some kind of IP (be in NAT or a proper IPv6 address). This enabled you […]
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