Avast's Vladislav Iliushin, IoT Threat Researcher, and Anna Shirokova will speak about the evolution of IoT botnets, at Troopers. Their talk will include findings from their analysis of the Torii botnet, including its capabilities, and a smart-home hack demo.The two will take a look at the evolution of IoT botnets and see how much IoT malware has evolved in just one year. Threat actors are now integrating exploit kits into IoT malware, performing Man-in-the-Middle attacks and using other sophisticated techniques.
Vladislav works on IoT security. He’s done several experiments including accessibility and hackability of web cams in the Czech Republic, security analysis of consumer applications such as Target, and a demo hack of IoT home appliances.
It is evident that Ukrainian companies have not been spared when it comes to phishing attacks, and attackers are targeting local communication infrastructures, network providers, and other services.
A new type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack known as an amplification attack can increase damage by four billion times and stretch out the length of the attack to 14 hours.
In support of the Ukrainian people, Avast suspends operations in Russia.
As we move towards a more privacy-minded world, we must prepare for major platforms to resist the movement. And we must be prepared for the security, privacy, and business model challenges along the way.
A new report documents a wide variety of crypto crime techniques, combining old and new ways to manipulate markets.
While hacktivists likely believe that they are doing the right thing by contributing their skills to the side they support, at the very least they are committing crimes with these actions.
What can women who want to get into tech do to break into the field? Here are seven tips from two women who have been there.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a number of hacktivist communities that have begun to develop tools to help their cause. Ensuring your security while using such tools is difficult to achieve, and by participating in these actions, you risk your privacy.
