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How the 'Matryosh' botnet targets vulnerable Android devices (Source: Netlabs) Researchers at the security firm Netlab have identified a previously undocumented botnet dubbed "Matryosh" that is targeting vulnerable Android devices to help build its network so it can conduct distributed denial-of-service attacks. The Matryosh botnet, which the researchers discovered Jan. 25, looks for Android devices in which the smartphone manufacturer left the Android Debug Bridge feature - a diagnostics and debugging tool - unsecured and open to the internet, the report notes. Other botnets are also taking ...

Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 may still be Android underneath JC Torres - Dec 27, 2020, 9:05pm CST Huawei has long been boasting about its independence from Google, especially in software, though that independence was more or less forced upon it anyway. In addition to building its own ecosystem of Android apps and services, the embattled Chinese tech giant has been working on its own OS to replace Android on its devices. Harmony OS 2.0 is being positioned to finally break away from Google’s mobile platform, at least as far as Huawei smartphones are concerned, but it may turn out ...

This app gives you a local ADB shell, no need for root ADB shell commands are insanely useful for numerous reasons, whether you want to make your Amazon Fire tablet feel more like stock Android, granularly change your phone's animation speed, or bring back the 2-button navigation to the OnePlus 7. To run these commands, you have to set up the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) on your computer and connect your phone via USB or Wi-Fi, which is far from comfortable. That's where a new app comes in: LADB lets you run shell commands right on your phone via Android's wireless ADB protocol. But there are s...

Diagram shows how a second wave of Gitpaste-12 attacks targets vulnerable devices. (Source: Juniper Threat Labs) A previously documented cryptomining worm dubbed Gitpaste-12 has returned with a wide-ranging series of attacks targeting web applications and IoT devices that exploit at least 31 vulnerabilities, according to a Juniper Threat Labs. The botnet, which was uncovered in October by Juniper researchers, originally targeted vulnerable Linux applications as well as IoT devices, according to the report. The operators behind Gitpaste-12 were also using legitimate services, such as GitHub an...

The worm returned in recent attacks against web applications, IP cameras and routers. The Gitpaste-12 worm has returned in new attacks targeting web applications, IP cameras and routers, this time with an expanded set of exploits for initially compromising devices. First discovered in a round of late-October attacks that targeted Linux-based servers and internet-of-things (IoT) devices, the botnet utilizes GitHub and Pastebin for housing malicious component code, has at least 12 different attack modules and includes a cryptominer that targets the Monero cryptocurrency. Click to register. Now...