Not Only Botnets: Hacking Group in Brazil Targets IoT Devices With Malware
Even before the term IoT was coined, we had the routers at the gateway, most of the time publicly exposed on the internet. In the context of the IoT, the router is perhaps the most important device for the whole infrastructure. All traffic goes through it and it allows for the provision of many services, such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), content filtering, firewalls, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), to all connected devices, including computers, smartphones, and IP cameras. If an attacker is able to compromise the router, every device connected to it can be affected. And that’s what a hacking group in Brazil just did.
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Not Only Botnets: Hacking Group in Brazil Targets IoT Devices With Malware
