Botnets Active Today

Started by deanwebb, February 15, 2018, 11:23:16 AM

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deanwebb

February 15, 2018, 11:23:16 AM
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/a-potent-botnet-is-exploiting-a-critical-router-bug-that-may-never-be-fixed/

^ Sad thing is, there are vendors that simply can't patch their devices, but those devices are still in use.

I think I'd like to go back to 2009, now.

The good news, I guess, is that most botnet attacks don't survive a device reboot. So, if you reboot your IoT gear every day...  :-\
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

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February 15, 2018, 02:38:23 PM
As far as I know most if not all of these vulnerabilities have been used for stuff the end user doesn't care about. Mining bitcoin, DoS some website, etc. The typical home user isn't going to notice anything wrong except maybe internet is slow. These vulnerabilities can be used for so much more, but will also start to make it more visible to end users. Can you imagine a home router gets popped, and starts modifying DNS to point you to phishing sites? You go to bank.com and the browser says it is bank.com, but it isn't. I hope if that starts happening then end users will care more, but I doubt they will.

We need more of those worms that exploited the router, and then patched it. It is still illegal so I wouldn't suggest anyone here do it, but it would be interesting if a state actor took it on as a way to help their own cyber defense.

-Otanx

deanwebb

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February 15, 2018, 02:39:16 PM
I can see China or Russia doing something like that.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#3
February 15, 2018, 03:15:05 PM
Wouldn't have happened to a belkin /s for not old timers

deanwebb

#4
February 15, 2018, 05:06:19 PM
Quote from: wintermute000 on February 15, 2018, 03:15:05 PM
Wouldn't have happened to a belkin /s for not old timers

True, true. I always like to saunter past the Belkin booth at trade shows to see what the latest in baffling technology looks like.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

SimonV

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February 16, 2018, 05:45:25 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on February 15, 2018, 05:06:19 PM
Quote from: wintermute000 on February 15, 2018, 03:15:05 PM
Wouldn't have happened to a belkin /s for not old timers

True, true. I always like to saunter past the Belkin booth at trade shows to see what the latest in baffling technology looks like.

Haha, good one!  :mrgreen:
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