Inside Trickbot – UPDATED

Here is a geeky article from a Microsoft research team – only read it if the intricacies of a hack interest you.

Trickbot is a well established, sophisticated piece of malware that has been developed and expanded since it was first discovered in 2016. This constant change makes it a challenge to defend against.

Now it has expanded it threat to the internet of things (IoT) devices – of which we have many in our homes.

Uncovering Trickbot’s use of IoT devices in command-and-control infrastructure – Microsoft Security Blog

This was a follow-up article on Ars Technica looking at TrickBot in the wild exploiting MikroTik devices.

Trickbot is using MikroTik routers to ply its trade. Now we know why | Ars Technica

Further Reading

Home automation and Smart Devices – some questions to be answered – Smart Thinking Solutions

I have recently set up an new smart TV at home – it was a challenge to give it enough access and permissions on our network to get the functionality we wanted without leaving the possibility of an “open door” to issues. It did mean we sacrificed some of the functionality as I was not prepared to share some information with third parties as I could not see why they needed it other than to exploit it for their gain.

Internet of Things – Smart Thinking Solutions