Tag: persistence
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Hide’n’Seek IoT botnet adds persistence
The Hide’n’Seek IoT botnet has received an update to make its infection persist on infected devices beyond a restart, Bitdefender reports . Though persistence is fairly common for traditional botnets that target ( Windows ) PCs, a device that is part of a botnet targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) can often be ‘cleaned’ simply…
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Hide’n’Seek IoT botnet adds persistence
The Hide’n’Seek IoT botnet has received an update to make its infection persist on infected devices beyond a restart, Bitdefender reports . Though persistence is fairly common for traditional botnets that target ( Windows ) PCs, a device that is part of a botnet targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) can often be ‘cleaned’ simply…
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Paper: Invading the core: iWorm’s infection vector and persistence mechanism
Malware spreads through infected torrent, then maintains persistence on the system. A month ago, security firm Dr.Web reported it had discovered a new malware variant targeting Mac OS X , that was subsequently dubbed ‘iWorm’. Apart from the fact that malware for OS X , though becoming more common, is still a bit of a…