Saposhi a new malware to take down all IoT devices is out

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8p7qWG1DwmBPgKLhzzWdUqUSRexWf70vpudaCzjinTSUdHMKaE0_AZwb1d8bUoIhdL-tpGAdYEPROknhA8DhDrAq9wy5caeaAv26qLpkHmmO5kzkSKNxBtR4vv5R83lUiTNqHsbbyYy9/s1600/Saposhi-DDoS-Malware.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Saposhi a new malware to take down all IoT devices is out" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8p7qWG1DwmBPgKLhzzWdUqUSRexWf70vpudaCzjinTSUdHMKaE0_AZwb1d8bUoIhdL-tpGAdYEPROknhA8DhDrAq9wy5caeaAv26qLpkHmmO5kzkSKNxBtR4vv5R83lUiTNqHsbbyYy9/s640/Saposhi-DDoS-Malware.jpg" title="Saposhi a new malware to take down all IoT devices is out" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Cybersecurity agencies detected a new malware <b>Saposhi</b> , which can cripple the entire industries by taking over electronic devices and turning them into 'bots', which can be used for <a href="http://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/DDoS">Distributed Denial of Service</a> (DDoS) attacks .<br /> <br /> The <b>new malware Saposhi was detected around 15 days ago</b> according to a report of the Hindu, and is currently being watched and studied.<br /> <br /> <b>“Saposhi is similar in its intensity to Reaper, which was taking over millions of devices at the rate of 10,000 devices per day.</b> Various cybersecurity agencies are currently keeping tabs on it to get a better idea of what it is capable of,” he said.<br /> <br /> A Central Government organisation <b>'the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)', had issued an alert about malwares </b>Mirai, and Reaper, but has not yet issued any alert regarding the new malware.<br /> <br /> <b>“We need to first ensure that the information we have is indeed substantiated before raising alarm bells.</b> Right now, what we know for sure is that Saposhi exists, and is highly capable. Factors like whether it is aimed at any particular kind of device, or has a specific purpose are still being verified,” a officer said.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.hackerschronicle.com/search/label/Malwares">Malwares </a>which are primarily aimed at DDoS attacks first creates a 'botnet,'network of bots, these botnet are used to ping a server at the same time. If the<b> number of pings increases beyond the server’s capacity, the server crashes and denies service.</b> Saposhi, Reaper and Mirai are DDoS attack malwares.<br /> <br /> In July 2016, small and medium internet service providers in Maharashtra fell prey to a DDoS attack, which caused disruption in the services of several Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the State.<br /> <br /> In 2016, Mirai, using a botnet of 5 lakh devices, had caused the servers of Dyn, a leading domain name service provider, to crash, affecting services of popular websites like Twitter, Netflix and Reddit.<br /> <br /></div>

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