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Android Botnet leverages ADB ports and SSH to spread

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The Android Debug Bridge ( adb ) is a command-line tool that allows developers to communicate with an Android device. The malicious code attempt to determine if it is running in a honeypot , then it downloads the payload and changes its permission settings to allow its execution. The script for a.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

Once the machine is fully compromised, the attacker will install a complete hacking suite, composed of an IRC bot, an SSH scanner, a bruteforce tool, and an XMRIG crypto-miner. FTL doesn’t seem to be an off-the-shelf tool. The “ tsm ” tool is then executed with the following parameters: timeout 3h./tsm

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Advanced persistent threats come from skilled attackers possessing advanced hacking tools, sophisticated techniques, and possibly large teams. Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools. Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. See the Best Network Monitoring Tools. What Are APTs? Stage 2: Watch, Check & Learn.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

People looking to secure a small office or home office (SOHO) environment do not need the same tools and techniques of a small or medium sized business (SMB), let alone an enterprise with thousands of devices and dozens, if not hundreds of networks. This article will briefly outline the types of security needed to secure a network.

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Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot

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Don’t know if is because I have asked to my friend unixfreaxjp many times to publicly show how Radare r2 can be be used with great results, but after this post we can definitively state that, once again, Radare r2 has nothing to envy of the best commercial tools used in many reverse engineering tutorials that are available on Youtube.

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