New Rapidly-Growing IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet

The Hacker News Daily Updates Cybersecurity in Your Print Network Cybersecurity risks don't begin and end with your PCs - your networked print devices can pose just as big of a risk but often don't get the same attention. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Oct 23, 2017 Android getting "DNS over TLS" to prevent ISPs from knowing what websites you visit No doubt your Internet Service Provides (ISPs), or network-level hackers cannot spy on https communications. But do you know — ISPs can still see all of your DNS requests, allowing them to know what websites you visit. Google is working on a new security feature for Android that could prevent ... Read More New Rapidly-Growing IoT Botnet Threatens to Take Down the Internet Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet. Dubbed 'IoT_reaper,' first spotted in September by researchers at ... Read More Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns. Last week we reported how hackers could leveraging an old Microsoft Office feature called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), to ... Read More Google Play Store Launches Bug Bounty Program to Protect Popular Android Apps Better late than never. Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most popular Android apps. Dubbed "Google Play Security Reward," the bug bounty program offers security ... Read More Enable Google's New "Advanced Protection" If You Don't Want to Get Hacked It is good to be paranoid when it comes to cybersecurity. Google already provides various advanced features such as login alerts and two-factor authentication to keep your Google account secure. However, if you are extra paranoid, Google has just introduced its strongest ever security feature, ... Read More Cybersecurity in Your Print Network Cybersecurity risks don't begin and end with your PCs - your networked print devices can pose just as big of a risk but often don't get the same attention. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India