New Mirai Variant and ZHtrap Botnet Malware Emerge in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy Mirai variants on compromised systems. “Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection behaviors such as downloading and executing Mirai variants and brute-forcers,” Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 Threat Intelligence Team…

Our Infrastructure Report Card and Innovation

The U.S. levees are on average 50-years-old and aren’t up to par. Enter the IoT (Internet of Things). Case in point: Mississippi State University researchers used an instrument called UAVSAR (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar) with satellite-based SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) to detect the variations in the soil properties along the Mississippi River. The…

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Upgrade your lifestyleDigital Trends helps readers keep tabs on the fast-paced world of tech with all the latest news, fun product reviews, insightful editorials, and one-of-a-kind sneak peeks.Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Copyright ©2021 Designtechnica Corporation. All rights reserved. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8…

UiPath’s Recent $35 Billion Valuation Shows the Impact of Automation

Have you ever felt like a million bucks? How about $35 billion? Personally, I don’t know what it feels like, but if you’re wondering, I’d recommend asking UiPath, Leader on the G2 Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Winter 2021. Having raised $750 million in their latest fundraise (Series F), they are now worth a whopping $35 billion.