Researchers have identified significant security and privacy risks across 61,500 abandoned Android Internet-of-Things (IoT) companion applications. Their study found that 73.6% of these apps contained at least one potential vulnerability, risky embedded resource, or insecure communication path. Risks in Abandoned IoT Apps Titled “When Apps Outlive Vendors: Security Implications of IoT Abandonware,” the study examines […]

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A newly observed IoT malware family dubbed KATARU targets internet-exposed devices through Telnet credential brute-forcing, then attempts to gain root privileges with publicly available Linux kernel exploits before enrolling compromised systems in a DDoS botnet. The sample combines familiar Mirai-style flooding functions with encrypted command-and-control, broad persistence logic, anti-analysis checks and decoy network activity designed […]

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