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F5 Labs

Thingbots and Reapers and Cryptominers—Oh, My! F5 Labs’ First Year in Review

2018-01-25 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

6 predictions
T1584.005Botnet
89%
". html ) notes an astounding 1, 373 % growth in the hunt for vulnerable iot devices and names the networks involved in the hunt. this data supports our earlier prediction that massive botnets like mirai were being built and already attacking. - the rise of thingbots ( / content /…"
T1584.005Botnet
88%
"are quickly becoming attackers ’ “ cyberweapon delivery system of choice. ” defending against iot botnet ( “ thingbot ” ) attacks begins with understanding who ’ s on “ the hunt ” for vulnerable devices, so that ’ s where our reports focus : - ddos ’ s newest minions : iot device…"
T1496Resource Hijacking
77%
"t they use compromised systems to do that? f5 labs closed out 2017 with two different pieces about monero miners, both discovered by f5 researchers maxim zavodchik, liron segal, and aaron brailsford : - pycryptominer ( / content / f5 - labs / en / labs / articles / threat - intel…"
T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
66%
"##i - is - attacking - again - so - were - outing - its - hilarious - explicit - c - c - hostnames. html ). - f5 labs offered more than half a dozen tips for combatting wannacry ( / content / f5 - labs / en / labs / articles / threat - intelligence / from - nsa - exploit - to - w…"
T1496.001Compute Hijacking
66%
"t they use compromised systems to do that? f5 labs closed out 2017 with two different pieces about monero miners, both discovered by f5 researchers maxim zavodchik, liron segal, and aaron brailsford : - pycryptominer ( / content / f5 - labs / en / labs / articles / threat - intel…"
T1588.002Tool
34%
"are a few enlightening pieces from 2017. - russian hackers, face to face ( / content / f5 - labs / en / labs / articles / threat - intelligence / russian - hackers - face - to - face. html ) has ray pompon recalling a half - dozen russian hacking cases of years past and recountin…"

Summary

F5 Labs covered a multitude of threats, vulnerabilities, botnets, attackers, and attacks in 2017. Here are just some of the highlights you might have missed.