July 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: New flaw in IoT device affects nearly a third of organisations

guest · Aug 9, 2019

July 2019’s Most Wanted Malware: Vulnerability in OpenDreamBox 2.0.0 WebAdmin Plugin Enables Attackers to Execute Commands Remotely
August 8, 2019
https://blog.checkpoint.com/2019/08...ables-attackers-to-execute-commands-remotely/

In July, a new vulnerability in the OpenDreamBox 2.0.0 WebAdmin Plugin that has impacted 32% of organizations globally in the last month, was discovered.

The vulnerability, ranked the 8th most exploited, enables attackers to execute commands remotely on target machines. It was often triggered along with other IoT attacks – most commonly the MVPower DVR Remote Code Execution (the third most popular exploited vulnerability in July), which is also known to be related to the notorious Mirai botnet.

July also saw a major decrease in the use of Cryptoloot, as it fell to tenth in the top malware list, from third in June 2019.
Threat actors are simply turning to alternative crypto-mining malware such as XMRig and Jsecoin.
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