Tag: iot
Microsoft 365 accounts are being compromised worldwide
A vast botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is now attacking Microsoft 365 accounts worldwide. A botnet is a network of computing devices that have been surreptitiously taken over by hackers and are being controlled remotely without the owners’ knowledge. Microsoft 365 accounts are suffering from ‘password spray attacks’ by the botnet. This involves mass attempts to use large numbers of common passwords to infiltrate users’ Microsoft accounts, targeting basic authentication procedures and thereby bypassing multi-factor authentication.
55% of Organizations Plan to Use AI to Enhance Security – April 4th
According to a report released by the Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud, 55% of all organizations plan to use AI to boost security by 2025. The "State of AI and Security Survey Report," also found that 67% of organizations already tested and are pleased with AI-backed security capabilities.
Dark web ads are seeing a massive surge – September 25th
There has been a surge of advertisements on the dark web this year, with over 700 adverts advertising Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks through the Internet of Things (IoT) devices having been identified. The cost of employing the sinister DDoS attack services ranges from $20 per day to $1 000 per month, depending on the amount of protection the target has.
Biggest malware culprits of 2023 – August 29th
New updated KmsdBot now targets Internet of Things (IoT) An updated version