The Mirai botnet, which is made up of IoT devices and which was involved in DDoS attacks whose scale broke all possible records, causing denial of service across an entire region, has been extensively covered by the mass media. Given that the botnet’s source code has been made publicly available and that the Internet of Things trend is on the rise, no decline in IoT botnet activity should be expected in the near future.
Ботнет Mirai, состоящий из IoT-устройств и участвовавший в организации DDoS-атак, которые по своей мощности побили всевозможные рекорды и даже привели к отказу в обслуживании целого региона, наделал много шума в средствах массовой информации. Учитывая тот факт, что исходные коды данного ботнета оказались в открытом доступе, и укрепление тренда «интернета вещей», не стоит в ближайшее время ожидать спада активности IoT-ботнетов.
0day #vulnerability in Tor Browser, that allows to deanonymize #Tor users https://t.co/V4kw60XhBO
— Denis Makrushin (@difezza) 30 ноября 2016 г.
In Q3 2016, attempted infections by financial #malware were registered at 1.2m users’ computers #banking https://t.co/dTD5LqOeM7
— Denis Makrushin (@difezza) November 8, 2016
Fooling the #SmartCity: security analysis of public terminals, road sensors and road infrastructure devices https://t.co/Nh9tlVizeM
— Denis Makrushin (@difezza) 15 сентября 2016 г.
The concept of a smart city involves bringing together various modern technologies and solutions that can ensure comfortable and convenient provision of services to people, public safety, efficient consumption of resources, etc. However, something that often goes under the radar of enthusiasts championing the smart city concept is the security of smart city components themselves. The truth is that a smart city’s infrastructure develops faster than security tools do, leaving ample room for the activities of both curious researchers and cybercriminals.