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Necro botnet now targets Visual Tools DVRs

Security Affairs

Operators behind the FreakOut (aka Necro, N3Cr0m0rPh) Python botnet have added a PoC exploit for Visual Tools DVR, a professional digital video recorder used in surveillance video systems. This version of the Necro botnet also includes exploits for the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-15568 – TerraMaster TOS before 4.1.29

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ZingoStealer crimeware released for free in the cybercrime ecosystem

Security Affairs

The cybercrime gang has been active since at least January 2020. The crimeware allows operators to steal information from infected systems and abuse its resources to mine Monero. In many cases, this includes the RedLine Stealer and an XMRig-based cryptocurrency mining malware that is internally referred to as “ZingoMiner.””

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

The botnet was involved in stealing users’ credentials and data, mining cryptocurrencies abusing victims’ resources, and setting up proxies to funnel other people’s internet traffic through infected machines and routers. The post Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Now for the big challenge - security. The "s" in IoT is for Security Ok, so the joke is a stupid oldie, but a hard truth lies within it: there have been some shocking instances of security lapses in IoT devices. Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. It’s now commonplace for high-resolution video cams to feed endless streams of image data into increasingly intelligent data mining software.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. IoT a Security Concern.

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Acuity Who? Attempts and Failures to Attribute 437GB of Breached Data

Troy Hunt

Slightly different column count to mine (and similar but different to the hacker forum post), and slightly different email count, but the similarities remain striking. We'll work through them and try to figure out where they fit into the picture in a moment, but first let's look at the actual data. And it's called Acuity!

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