botnet

If you have a Sony network-connected CCTV camera, you may have a security problem. Researchers at SEC Consult uncovered a backdoor in Sony IP cameras that could allow a hacker to remotely execute malicious code, spy on users, brick devices, or recruit them into a DDoS botnet. As the...

One assessment of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that 2016 has been a bad year. Its woes aren’t hard to locate from the infamous Mirai botnet that led a collection of webcams, PVRs and surveillance cameras to summon up the biggest DDoS in history to a growing unease over privacy. Now, just...

For many years, Microsoft has operated a website called TechNet, where IT professionals can download technical materials on Microsoft's products and get help troubleshooting problems. On Wednesday, the security company FireEye revealed that hackers had infiltrated TechNet in an ingenious way...