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KmsdBot, a new evasive bot for cryptomining activity and DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The malicious code was used in attacks targeting multiple sectors including the gaming industry, technology industry, and luxury car manufacturers. Use public key authentication for your SSH connections.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

We foresee regulations expanding beyond authentication and data privacy, and into more detailed requirements of network security and visibility into device bills of materials. not located behind routers or firewalls) to conduct future DDoS attacks on data centers and cloud services or for crypto currency mining purposes.

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Leopard Spots and Zebra Stripes: Fraud and Behavioral Analytics

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Luckily, zebras don’t use mobile devices, or manufacturers would be hard at work on stripe recognition technology. About six months ago, I got an email from a good friend of mine, who I’ll call Alex (not his real name). Synthetic identity fraud is another example. Did you know that every zebra has its own unique stripe pattern?

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Another example also from Context Security was the vulnerability in CloudPets talking (and listening ) teddy bears that amounted to no auth on the Bluetooth allowing an attacker to take control of the toy. Are these examples actually risks in IoT? Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

Gartner (2021) has two related definitions: Digital Transformation: “can refer to anything from IT modernization (for example, cloud computing), to digital optimization, to the invention of new digital business models.” DRM is used by publishers, manufacturers and IP owners for digital content and device monitoring” (Techopedia 2021).

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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